SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The U.S. Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector has seen more drug smuggling attempts involving car batteries, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Battery concealment involves hiding drugs under the hood of a vehicle, CBP said in a news release Monday.
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On Aug. 20, Border Patrol agents and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office stopped a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was carrying narcotics while heading north on Interstate 5 in Carlsbad.
A search of the vehicle led authorities to discover more than nine pounds of cocaine and over two pounds of methamphetamine inside the car’s battery. The suspect and narcotics were taken to the Vista Sheriff’s Station for processing, CBP said.
In addition, the seizures of about 33 pounds of fentanyl on April 14, nearly five pounds on July 24 and at least 16 pounds of the same drug plus $1,000 in cash on July 28 all involved battery concealment, according to the agency.
The San Diego Sector has seized a total of more than 10,600 pounds of methamphetamine, more than 2,750 pounds of cocaine, more than 520 pounds of fentanyl and 56 pounds of heroin this fiscal year…