(26 year old caught transporting narcotics)…It happened this week at the Highway 86 checkpoint.

The man was driving a white Jeep Cherokee. The initial Border Patrol agent sent the vehicle and the driver to the secondary inspection area. A detailed search resulted in the discovery of 38 vacuum-sealed packages hidden in the vehicle’s gas tank. The packages tested positive for methamphetamine. They weighed over 38 pounds with an estimated street value of over $100,000. The driver, a Mexican citizen, was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration, along with the Jeep and the narcotic, for further investigation.