Border Patrol busts man & woman with meth & fentanyl taped to bodies
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man and a woman at the Highway 86 checkpoint on Friday after finding narcotics and controlled substances taped to their bodies.
A man driving up to the checkpoint on Friday was stopped at about 6 p.m. when a canine unit alerted agents to the vehicle. Authorities said three passengers were traveling with the man.
During the secondary inspection, agents had the passengers exit the vehicle and discovered a man and woman had wrapped the drugs in plastic packages and taped them around their bodies. The packages tested positive for methamphetamine and fentanyl, according to the Border Patrol’s release.
Fentanyl is a potent, synthetic opiod pain medication. It’s said to be 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine, according to Wikipedia. Agents said this is the first seizure of fentanyl they’ve had at El Centro Sector.
Authorities said the methamphetamine weighed 10.5 pounds and is estimated to be worth $33,600 on the street. The fentanyl weighed 0.36 pounds and is worth $12,240 on the street.
The two passengers were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Agency along with the narcotics for further investigation, according to the Border Patrol’s release.
El Centro Sector has seized more than 1,010 pounds of methamphetamine since fiscal year 2017, which began October 1, 2016.
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