El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents confiscated nearly $12 million of cocaine at a checkpoint along Highway 86. Authorities made the discovery this past Wednesday in Indio, California. Agents say they used an imaging system to detect the drugs inside a brown SUV.
During an inspection, they found 75 pounds of the narcotic stuffed inside a spare tire, an audio speaker box and a tool box. The driver of the vehicle is a U.S. citizen and has been turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
El Centro Sector Chief Patrol Agent Jeffrey Calhoun believes the multi-million dollar bust will go a long way in preventing other drugs from seeping into communities. According to Calhoun, "The use of advanced technology and a canine team greatly enhanced the Border Patrol's ability to detect an illicit shipment of cocaine that has doubled last year's total amount seized by the El Centro Sector."
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