Authorities stated they seized over 5,000 pounds of methamphetamine from a field truck that crossed the border into the U.S. from Mexico in what they referred to as one of the most important busts of the drug in San Diego County.
Four males have been arrested in reference to the haul, which was contained in a 20-foot field truck that crossed the border Thursday on the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, in response to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Law enforcement brokers adopted the truck to National City, about 17 miles north of the border, the place 4 males started unloading dozens of cardboard containers from the rig and right into a Dodge van, authorities stated. The containers held about 148 bundles containing the methamphetamine, they stated.
Arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute the drug have been Rafael Alzua, 37; Mario Contreras, 41; Ethgar Velazquez, 44; and Galdrino Contreras, 41, all from Tijuana, Mexico, in response to the U.S. legal professional’s workplace. Attorneys for the boys didn’t reply to requests for remark Monday.
If convicted, they might resist life in jail and a $10 million nice.
The U.S. legal professional’s workplace in a news release referred to as the seizure “record-breaking” and “one of the largest methamphetamine seizures in San Diego County.”
“This monumental seizure represents another win against drug cartels that fuel addiction in the United States,” Shelly S. Howe, DEA particular agent in cost, stated in the assertion.
In May, federal authorities stated they seized 165 pounds of meth, 1,762 pounds of cocaine and three 1/2 pounds of heroin after discovering a drug-smuggling tunnel the size of six soccer fields operating from Tijuana to San Diego.
The DEA seized 2,200 pounds of methamphetamine in Perris, California, in 2020 in what on the time was thought-about its largest home meth bust.