A drug-sniffing Border Patrol canine working with agents at the immigration checkpoint on Highway 78 near Blythe, California, sniffed out a sandwich bag containing fentanyl pills hidden in a suitcase.
On Thursday, at approximately 8 a.m., Border Patrol agents referred a Toyota Prius to the checkpoint’s secondary inspection area following an alert from the dog.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), agents discovered that four occupants in the vehicle were U.S. citizens from Kingman, Arizona. Three of them drove to Calexico, California, to pick up the fourth occupant, a 32-year-old female, and they were in the process of heading back to Kingman when they drove through the checkpoint.
During a search of the vehicle, agents found a plastic bag containing 77 grams of fentanyl pills, worth $1,800. The pills were found in a suitcase that belonged to the 32-year-old female. She was arrested and the fentanyl was seized.