California drug bust: $4 million in narcotics seized by border patrol agents in one day

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – It is a main drug bust in California… border patrol brokers seized $4 million value of narcotics in in the future.

In accordance with San Diego Sector (SDC) Border Patrol brokers, they seized practically 300 kilos of narcotics with an estimated avenue worth of $4 million from three car stops.

Through the first car cease, which occurred at 5 a.m. on Interstate 8 close to Crestwood Highway, brokers discovered 57 packages of blue fentanyl drugs. The overall weight on these drugs had been 250 kilos and so they had an estimated avenue worth of $3,412,000.

The second car cease occurred a couple of hours later simply north of the Interstate 15 U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Murrieta. 

Throughout a search of the car, brokers seized 33 kilos of cocaine with an estimated avenue worth of $448,500.

The third seizure occurred only a few minutes later on the Murrieta Scorching Springs Highway off-ramp on Interstate 215. Throughout a search of the car, brokers discovered a 40-caliber handgun, 9.4 kilos of fentanyl, and 4.9 kilos of heroin – totaling an estimated avenue worth of $178,000.

Officers say in each Murrieta occasions, the automobiles had been seized by U.S. Border Patrol and the suspects, narcotics, and handgun had been turned over to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Division.

In 2022, San Diego Sector Border Patrol brokers seized roughly 14,000 kilos of narcotics. Thus far in 2023, greater than 900 kilos of medicine have been seized.