More than 140 pounds of narcotics seized from car at San Diego port of entry

U.S. Border Patrol agents at the San Clemente Station in the San Diego Sector seized more than 140 pounds of narcotics, valued at more than $2.25 million hidden inside a car on Jan. 24.

Agents conducted a vehicle stop on a 2016 Nissan Versa, and the driver consented to a search by a Border Patrol K-9 team.

The team detected four packages of heroin weighing approximately nine pounds, 19 packages of fentanyl weighing about 44 pounds, and 34 packages of cocaine weighing approximately 87 pounds concealed under the floorboard.

The driver was arrested. The Border Patrol seized the car, while the narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

“The fentanyl seizure in itself was the largest in San Diego to date,” Chief Patrol Agent Rodney Scott said. “This preceded the Nogales Port of Entry’s 254-pound fentanyl seizure yesterday, the largest in CBP history. These two seizures alone had the potential to kill millions of Americans.”

On Jan. 31, K-9 agents seized nearly 254 pounds of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, and 395 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside a compartment under the rear floor of a tractor-trailer carrying Mexican produce into Arizona. The drugs are valued at $4.6 million.