Crystal Meth Bust on I-5 in San Clemente
(U.S. Border Patrol Press Release)
On Thursday, Nov. 5, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a suspected smuggler and seized a significant amount of crystal methamphetamine being transported northbound on Interstate 5.
At around 11:15 a.m., agents on patrol stopped a Dodge Durango truck near the Avenida Magdalena exit in San Clemente. The agents interviewed the driver, a 27-year-old male Mexican citizen in possession of a permanent resident alien identification card, living in San Ysdiro, Calif. The agents requested to search the vehicle and were granted permission.
A Border Patrol K-9 team was summoned to the scene and conducted a cursory inspection of the vehicle. The Border Patrol K-9 alerted on the vehicle, prompting agents to conduct a physical search. During the search, a total to 12 bundles of crystal methamphetamine were found inside a black duffel bag placed behind the driver’s seat. The driver was arrested for suspicion of drug smuggling.
The crystal methamphetamine weighed nearly 15.4 pounds with an estimated street value of $356,000. The suspected smuggler and narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration; the vehicle was seized by the U.S. Border Patrol.
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Go BORDER PATROL!! Illegals of San Clemente.. Tread lightly because we r coming for you! Nothing worse than seeing someone busting out WIC checks while texting on a 400 dollar blackberry. Illegals.. the reason california is broke.
Guess I'll have to find a new gardener.
Wonderful job officers!! We are grateful to all of your continuing hard work in keeping criminals away from all of us. Thank you for risking your lives to protect ours, God Bless!
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Scbaby- Instead of bitch*ng about others thoughts and opinions please post how you feel abou the subject. And by the way calling someone out on spelling over the internet is one of the most pathetic things someone can do, especially when your grammar is that of a Jr. High Schooler.
I have drug dealers living right next door. I have notified the sheriffs dept and have been told that 'it' has been transfer to the narcotics division. I have contacted the narcotics division...they pretend that this is new information to them. I live in a quiet neighborhood where the neighbors know one another. Having people coming and going at all time of the day and night are 'crazy'!!! No 'normal' person has 'friends' just 'drop by' to visit for 5 minutes at 11:30pm, 1am 2:30am....no one!!! The upstairs neighbor's kids are questioning 'why are they having company @ nightime' daddy?
alright so you guys always seem to blame the mexicans for bringing in drugs and what not but straight out were not the only ones there is so many other races that do the same yet we are the only ones that get blamed for it. have you guys ever taken time to look across the high school by albertsons and seen all the pot heads smoking?? you dont even take time to look at it because they are white.. but o no if they were mexican or black or some other rade you guys would call the cops as soon as you could right?so stop being so racist and just try to stop all kids from smoking and doing dumb stuff honestly if you really did care the race wouldnt matter and you would try to stop everyone from doing it including your kind
Mexican,
Maybe you should re-read my post. I was criticizing the racists and the post below mine who called Mexicans "beaners".
Pay more attention before you post. People like you are exactly what I was talking about (meaning people who post impulsive, thougless, ignorant tirades)
Goes to show that ignorance knows no skin color, dont' it?
why do you guys even waste your finger muscles posting your thoughts? no one will be swayed by an internet post!
All the tweekers in SC are mourning.
for those of you wanting to deport all mexicans, not all illegals are mexican so watch your words. as for drug smugglers. again not all are mexican are sugglers.scbaby...what do you consider a beaner? have you looked in the mirror? what color are your eyes? I guess you are from the native americans living here before columbus discovered america. the racist comments below are the reason why our kids are growing up hating all races. grow up all and make useful comments. I am hispanic, mexican, latin and it does not matter what others consider me but i do not judge. look back to your roots and i bet you non of you are 100% full in race, not even skin heads are 100% so knock off all your foolishness and help out the community. the sheriffs and PD are doing all they can without your remarks and making others angry for words that come out of your mouths. waste your time and help someone in need. as for drug smuggliers....yeah they should rot in jail but then again is jail really a horrible place for them? shit with the economy the way it is...i would like to be supported, fed and cleaned after while i sit on my ass....make jails what they are, have them work for their daily living and take away the movie nights/TV/gym and other items that they do not need. you guys are upset at the wrong people....
I consider middle school and many high school students as children - especially mentally. Many studies have proven it is easier for children to get drugs than alcohol and cigarettes - and we all know there is far too much drinking and smoking that goes on with the kids. We should have tighter border controls, but greed keeps that from happening - don't want to lose that cheap labor - that ends up costing us taxpayers for more in the long run, than it saves short term.
The general reason the country is going to hell is the lack of responsibility all the way from top government and corporate leaders, down to the individuals - that have no long term thinking about what’s best for our city, state and country - only able to think in the short term, and do whatever is financially best for them at the moment. And don't forget how it's more important to be PC than standup for common sense and dong the right thing.
Legalize ALL drugs. Who cares what one puts in their own body... as for the kids... booze and cigarettes are killing more than any drug. Decriminalization is the only way rid our country of the underground profiteers that murder for territory and push drugs to our children.
Come on, people, get off your high horses and make some intelligent comments. Beaners? Racist comments? Lock em up and throw away the key? Getting in the hands of our children? (as if children are buying meth with their allowance, give me a break) Force the criminal to OD? Jesus, no wonder this country is going to h*ll if you people can't make more thoughtful and intelligent comments than those. Oh...and learn to spell while your at it.
Thank you Border Patrol, good job.
This is the reason You need to profile majority of drugBusts are mexicans when you traffic drugs you are part of the mexican Cartels...Deport DeportDeport...All illigals....
The best way to STOP this madness is FORCE the criminal to OD on THEIR poison and eliminate the bad seed from the GLOBAL society. As above comment, jail is far to nice a place for such animals to relax.
It is always nice to hear when we stop some of this human body and mind rat poison from getting in the hands of our children. To people like this.. getting arrested is part of "doing business". We lock them up and pay for their room and board at a pretty comfortabe state prison or county jail for a little while. They get rest, a place to shower, hang out with like minded individuals, off the street, legal defense, food, yard time and access to an education. Maybe the trade off is'nt so bad. Smuggleing drugs for some wealthy drug wholesaler or taking a vaction away from all the hussle and bussle.
This is never going to change until we make changes at the the border and make serious changes to the drug laws.
Great job in protecting our country from individuals who choose participate in illegal trafficing. Lock'em up and throw away the key.