U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a man at the Interstate 5 checkpoint after more than 23 pounds of methamphetamine were found hidden under the rear seat of his SUV.
The 25-year-old male Mexican national arrived at the San Clemente checkpoint late Thursday driving a 1994 white Jeep Grand Cherokee. The man was referred to secondary inspection, where a K-9 sniff resulted in a positive alert. Agents searched the vehicle and found 10 cellophane wrapped bundles of methamphetamine under the rear seat.
The drugs have an estimated street value of $236,000.
Agents arrested the man and turned him and the narcotics over to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The vehicle was seized by the Border Patrol.
