Methamphetamine and Heroin Seized by Border Patrol - Imperial Valley News
Westmorland, California - El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 86 checkpoint arrested a suspected drug smuggler after discovering packages of hard narcotics concealed in his vehicle today. Agents discovered 10 packages of methamphetamine and two packages of heroin concealed in the vehicle’s frame rails. The methamphetamine weighed 11 pounds with an estimated street value of $110,000 and the heroin weighed 4. 84 pounds with an estimated street value of $58,000. The man, a 30-year-old Lawfully Admitted Permanent Resident, the vehicle, and narcotics... Last fiscal year, El Centro Sector seized more than 445 pounds of methamphetamine and 186. 5 pounds of heroin. The El Centro Sector’s Community Awareness Campaign is a simple and effective program to raise public awareness on the indicators of crime and other threats. Source: www.imperialvalleynews.com
