Drug smuggler caught at border
A Chula Vista resident was taken into custody at a rest stop alongside Interstate 5 on Camp Pendleton after he was discovered to be transporting 230 pounds of marijuana in his car. Border Patrol stopped the man and pressed smuggling charges.
An officer at the rest stop saw the man performing behaviors out of the norm and searched his vehicle to find 46 packages of marijuana stashed in the trunk of the car, the Border Patrol reported.
The agent took the man in handcuffs and confiscated the drugs. The amount of drugs is estimated to be worth $115,090, the Border Patrol informed. The man and the drugs were handed over to the Drug Enforcement Administration to be dealt with further.