SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility in San Diego seized more than 3,000 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside a cargo trailer earlier this month, authorities announced.
- The Nexstar Media video above explains the different “schedules” of drugs
The massive drug bust occurred on April 14, when officers referred a 2017 Freightliner Cascadia tractor-trailer and its 31-year-old male driver, a Mexican citizen, for a secondary inspection.
According to CBP, the shipment was declared as “corrugated cardboard boxes.” However, a nonintrusive inspection raised red flags when officers detected irregularities in the trailer’s front wall. A K-9 unit then alerted agents to the same area.
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During a physical search, officers discovered 300 packages wrapped in clear plastic and containing a crystal-like substance. Testing later confirmed the substance was methamphetamine, with a total weight of 3,078.10 pounds.
Authorities estimate the street value of the seized drugs at nearly $5 million…