INDIO, CA — El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two people in two separate incidents near Indio over the weekend, authorities announced.
In the first that occurred on Feb. 2, agents stopped a white sedan heading east on Interstate 10. The driver was questioned and admitted he was in the country illegally; the money in his possession — about $10,100 — was earned by transporting undocumented migrants from Arizona to California, according to Border Patrol.
The Mexican national was arrested and will be deported back to his home country, according to Border Patrol.
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On Feb. 4, agents stopped a black sedan heading west on I-10. They used a K-9 unit to sniff out the vehicle and found seven cellophane-wrapped packages in the car’s trunk. The bundles tested positive for methamphetamine, and the haul was valued at $94,000, according to the federal agency.
The driver, a Mexican national, along with the narcotics and sedan, were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration for further investigation and prosecution, according to Border Patrol.
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The seizures were part of Operation Apollo, a joint regional operation comprised of federal, state and local agencies. More information about Operation Apollo can be found here.
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