U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Interstate 8 checkpoint arrested a woman Thursday morning who had 20 bundles of drugs stashed behind the dashboard of her vehicle.
At approximately 10 a.m., a 33-year-old female driver and her 11-year-old daughter approached the Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 8 where a Border Patrol K-9 team alerted agents to the vehicle.
Agents searched the SUV and found an after-market compartment behind the dashboard. Inside were five bundles of heroin (10.80 pounds), two bundles of Fentanyl (4.81), and 13 bundles of crystal methamphetamine (25.93 pounds). The narcotics have a total estimated street value of $483,720.
The woman was turned over to a task force led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the child was turned over to Child Protective Services. The vehicle was seized by the U.S. Border Patrol.
As of July 19, San Diego Sector has intercepted 1,934 pounds of methamphetamine and 3,144 pounds of heroin for fiscal year 2016.
