U.S. Border Patrol agents in California recently found 115 gallons of liquid methamphetamine, valued at $1 million, concealed with a fuel tank of a semi-truck traveling without a trailer.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Border Patrol agents working in the San Diego Sector at around 11 a.m. on Sept. 29 stopped a northbound semi-truck traveling without a trailer on Interstate 15, about a quarter-mile north of a California Highway Patrol weigh station.
Border Patrol K-9 Loki alerted agents to the “characteristics of liquid methamphetamine” concealed within “at least” one of the truck’s fuel tanks.
The vehicle and the driver were transported to the Newton-Azrak Border Patrol Station, where hazardous response specialists extracted the liquid from the fuel tank. The liquid tested positive for methamphetamine…