ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – This week, U.S. Border Patrol agents at a checkpoint north of El Paso, seized narcotics worth more than $800,000 from a single vehicle.
While conducting a routine immigration inspection, Border Patrol Agents stopped a vehicle for further investigation.
Agents interviewed the driver, a United States citizen. After the driver consented to a vehicle search, a U.S. Border Patrol canine alerted, indicating the possible presence of narcotics.
Border Patrol agents then conducted a thorough search of the vehicle and found 17 bundles wrapped in clear cellophane and tin foil - a type of concealment method often used by narcotics smugglers.
The bundles contained over 25 pounds of methamphetamine. The street value of all the narcotics is estimated at more than $850,000.
The vehicle was seized by the United States Border Patrol; the driver and narcotics were turned over to DEA.
While conducting a routine immigration inspection, Border Patrol Agents stopped a vehicle for further investigation.
Agents interviewed the driver, a United States citizen. After the driver consented to a vehicle search, a U.S. Border Patrol canine alerted, indicating the possible presence of narcotics.
Border Patrol agents then conducted a thorough search of the vehicle and found 17 bundles wrapped in clear cellophane and tin foil - a type of concealment method often used by narcotics smugglers.
The bundles contained over 25 pounds of methamphetamine. The street value of all the narcotics is estimated at more than $850,000.
The vehicle was seized by the United States Border Patrol; the driver and narcotics were turned over to DEA.
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