San Diego, California – Smugglers along the U.S.-Mexico border are getting more creative, and increasingly desperate, in their attempts to get drugs into the country. The latest method spotted by agents in San Diego: stuffing narcotics into car batteries.
On Monday, the U.S. Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector announced that officers have been intercepting a growing number of drug loads hidden inside batteries. The tactic has emerged as part of what agents describe as an escalating cat-and-mouse game with smugglers.
“As we continue to gain, maintain, and expand operational control of the southern border, smugglers are going to great lengths to push dangerous drugs into this country,” Acting Chief Patrol Agent Jeffrey D. Stalnaker said in a statement. “The Border Patrol is using every possible resource to dismantle the criminal networks that threaten American communities. I am deeply proud of the work our agents do every day.”…