SAN DIEGO, California — Customs and Border Protection officers have discovered 944 pounds of liquid methamphetamine hidden inside the fuel tank of a 2019 Kenworth T680 commercial tractor-trailer at the Otay Mesa Import Cargo Facility.
The driver, 26-year-old Oscar Alonzo Cesena Camacho, of Tijuana, Baja California, was arrested and charged with importation of a controlled substance, according to a press release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The incident occurred on March 2 at approximately 11:20 a.m. when an officer noticed a white, crystalline substance atop the passenger-side fuel tank. Further inspection revealed 29 buckets-worth of liquid methamphetamine concealed in the tank, weighing approximately 428.60 kilograms (944.90 lbs.). A sample of the substance tested positive for methamphetamine characteristics…