Less than two weeks after illegal drugs were also found in Southern California, U.S. Border Patrol investigators found 105 pounds of fentanyl pills that were being smuggled.
According to a news statement from the agency, at around four in the morning on Friday, agents from the San Clemente Border Patrol Station pulled down a suspicious silver vehicle close to Avenida Vista Hermosa on Interstate 5. 53 miles separate San Diego from San Clemente.
After conducting a non-intrusive check of the car, a Border Patrol K9 team notified agents to continue their search. In the truck of the automobile, agents found a number of plastic-wrapped bundles inside trash bags…