The border disaster continues.
The hundreds of thousands of unlawful aliens pouring throughout the border is unhealthy sufficient, however there may be additionally one other main disaster that continues to plague our Nation: unlawful medicine.
A 28-year-old driver was arrested on Wednesday for transporting $10 million value of meth and cocaine on the southern border in Otay Mesa, California.
The medicine have been hidden in vats of jalapeno paste on a tractor-trailer that, mockingly, was legally crossing the border.
A 28-year-old driver was busted final week after border officers in Southern California found over $10 million value of narcotics hidden inside a cargo of jalapeño paste, authorities stated.
Border officers on the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility encountered the motive force hauling vats of jalapeño paste in a industrial tractor-trailer simply after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stated.
The motive force, who officers say is a sound border crossing card holder, was referred to a secondary space for additional examination alongside together with his rig and its cargo, the company stated.
Due to the Border Patrol’s K9 unit, the officers have been alerted to the contents contained in the vats. It was described as a “scorching discover.”
There have been nicely over 300 packages of curiosity within the car. After officers examined the packages, they discovered over 3,000 kilos of meth and over 500 kilos of cocaine.
The Border Patrol took possession of the medicine and the motive force was turned over to Homeland Safety.
“The company’s San Diego Field Office seized a complete of greater than 14,000 kilos of narcotics in November.” Fox News reported.