Border Patrol seizes nearly $10M in cocaine during traffic stops at SoCal checkpoint

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — U.S. Border Patrol agents seized more that 1,435 pounds of cocaine with a street value of $9.8 million during two vehicle inspections just three minutes apart in Southern California last week, officials announced.

The seizures happened Oct. 25 at the San Clemente Border Patrol checkpoint, where agents assigned to the San Diego Sector referred two vehicles for secondary inspection after noticing suspicious behavior, officials said…

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