Suspected heroin smuggler arrested by Border Patrol
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint arrested a man suspected of smuggling heroin Monday afternoon.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. when a 39-year-old man driving a 1998 Honda Civic accompanied by several passengers approached the checkpoint.
Agents sent the car to secondary inspection after a canine detection team alert.
While in secondary inspection, Border Patrol agents found two small packages wrapped in plastic hidden on the body of one of the passengers. After the Agents examined the packages,and found it to be heroin.
The total weight of the heroin discovered was 9.49 ounces, with an estimated street value of $9,490.
The man was determined to be a United States citizen and was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Agency along with the narcotics.
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