Authorities seize over 400 pounds of meth, cocaine and heroin in toolboxes at California border crossing

U.S. Customs and Border Safety officers in California have found greater than 400 kilos of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin hid in toolboxes that had been being transported to the USA.

Federal officers working on the Tecate Port of Entry on April 1 encountered a 56-year-old male driver of a 2006 Toyota Tundra who was ready in line to enter the nation, Customs and Border Safety (CBP) introduced Friday in a information launch.

CBP officers referred the car for additional examination and through an inspection, they “extracted a complete of 94 packages of narcotics from beneath and inside a number of toolboxes on the mattress of the car,” the information launch says.

The narcotics had been examined and confirmed as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin with a mixed weight of roughly 415 kilos, in line with the company. Officers seized the car and the medicine, which have an estimated avenue worth of $2.56 million, CBP mentioned.

“This interception is a real testomony to the diligence of our frontline CBP officers,” mentioned Rosa Hernandez, Port Director for the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. “Our officers proceed to stay vigilant and stop illicit narcotics from poisoning our native communities.”

Officers arrested the motive force within the alleged drug smuggling try and he was turned over to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Safety Investigations (HIS) for additional processing, CBP mentioned.

The motive force, an unidentified citizen of Mexico with a sound authorized everlasting resident doc, was being held within the Metropolitan Correctional Middle in San Diego.

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