Border Patrol seizes 27 pounds of cocaine from car in Temecula
Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol seized 27 pounds of cocaine during a vehicle stop on Interstate 15 in Temecula, authorities said today.
Agents were patrolling the interstate near a Border Patrol checkpoint about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday when they stopped a northbound Toyota Corolla.
With the aid of a drug-sniffing dog, agents found 10 bundles of the drug inside the dashboard, the agency said. The cocaine has a street value of more than $270,000 and was turned over to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.
The driver, a 30-year-old woman and U.S. citizen, was arrested on suspicion of cocaine smuggling,
according to the Border Patrol.
-- Robert J. Lopez
Photo: Bundled cocaine behind the dashboard. Credit: U.S. Border Patrol
EDITOR'S PICKS:
There goes the supply!
Posted by: JohnHenry | November 11, 2009 at 05:38 PM
Now this is the kind of work the DEA can be proud of instead of harassing poor medical marijuana users.
Posted by: Johnsy | November 11, 2009 at 06:12 PM
Dirty criminal US citizens making this country filthier everyday!!!!...
what? wouldn't this have been on your mind if it were a Mexican citizen?
Posted by: Mr. Cynic | November 11, 2009 at 07:04 PM
Toyota Corolla - hmmm, was it pulled over for excessive uncontrolled acceleration?
Posted by: Eric | November 11, 2009 at 09:08 PM
Oh she was a Mexican. Don't let the US Citizen description fool you.
Posted by: Steven | November 12, 2009 at 09:24 AM
Wasting more tax dollars busting people for supplying what people demand. Great.
Posted by: Temeculan | November 12, 2009 at 01:16 PM