Overview
- CBP officers at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility seized 3,078.10 pounds of crystal meth hidden in a trailer declared as corrugated cardboard boxes.
- Non-intrusive imaging flagged anomalies in the trailer’s front wall, which led officers to deploy a CBP canine that alerted to the same spot.
- A physical inspection uncovered about 300 clear-wrapped packages that tested positive for methamphetamine.
- CBP valued the narcotics at roughly $4.92–$5.0 million.
- Otay Mesa Port Director Rosa Hernandez praised the officers’ vigilance, saying the stop kept dangerous drugs out of U.S. communities.