A man is in custody Thursday after Border Patrol agents found more than 31 pounds of cocaine in his vehicle.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents at the Indio Station checkpoint sent the man, who was driving a 1999 Jeep Cherokee, to secondary inspection where a drug sniffing dog alerted the agents, according to Customs and Border Protection officials.
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More than $404,000 in narcotics was found in 12 aluminum foil-wrapped packages in the rear bench seat of the Jeep. CBP said testing of the substance confirmed it was cocaine.
The Drug Enforcement Administration seized the drugs and the Jeep, and the suspect, a Mexican citizen, was also turned over to the DEA for investigation.
CBP said they seized more than 148 pounds of cocaine in just the last fiscal year.
