By SDCN Staff
San Diego, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in the San Diego Field Office made major busts totaling over $4.1 million worth at its ports of entry on the week of September 18 to 24, federal authorities said.
Officers at the ports of entry used K-9 teams and imaging systems to discover the following:
• September 18 – Officers seized two firearms, four magazines, and 205 rounds of ammunition from a male driver and female passenger at the San Ysidro port of entry.
• September 18 – Approximately 105 packages of methamphetamine, weighing 157.41 pounds, and four packages of fentanyl, weighing 10.27 pounds were seized from a male driver.
• September 19 – Officers seized five bottles of pesticides, prohibited in the U.S., from a male driver and female passenger.
• September 20 – Six packages of methamphetamine, weighing 53.44 pounds were seized from a female driver, SENTRI holder.
• September 21 – Officers seized 56 packages of fentanyl, weighing 74.03 pounds, and five packages of methamphetamine, weighing 6.17 pounds, from a female driver at the Calexico East port of entry.
• September 22 – Approximately 140 packages of methamphetamine, weighing 144.09 pounds were taken from a female driver at the Otay Mesa port of entry.
• September 23 – Officers seized one package of methamphetamine, weighing 5.20 pounds, from a male driver, SENTRI holder.
• September 23 – Eight packages of cocaine, weighing 21.25 pounds, three packages of fentanyl pills, weighing 7.23 pounds, and two packages of fentanyl powder, weighing 9.35 pounds were taken from a male driver and female passenger.
• September 23 – Officers discovered five packages of methamphetamine, weighing 23.24 pounds, three packages of fentanyl powder, weighing 24.65 pounds, and two packages of fentanyl pills, weighing 16.98 pounds, from a male driver.
• September 24 – Officers seized 31 packages of fentanyl pills, weighing 65.25 pounds, from a male driver at the Calexico West port of entry.
• September 24 – Ten packages of methamphetamine, weighing 54.01 pounds were taken from a female driver, SENTRI holder.
Methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine have a combined estimated street value of $4.1 million, authorities said.
All occupants were turned over to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations for further processing.
