A 16-year-old Jeep Cherokee held a big surprise for border patrol agents in Salton City Thursday: 30 pounds of cocaine!
The drugs were seized by El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents at the Indio station checkpoint in Salton City.
From The Desert Sun:
A Border Patrol dog sniffed out the drugs, found under a rear bench seat in a 1999 Jeep Cherokee, officials said.
The cocaine was contained in 12 aluminum foil-wrapped packages that together weighed 31.1 pounds. The contents tested positive for cocaine with an estimated street value of $404,300, officials said.
Anyone else find it weird they always give the street value? I would have no idea how much cocaine is going for if they stopped giving this information. Not that I am buying cocaine or anything. Anyhoo..
The driver of the jeep was arrested.
