Cocaine Seizure Revised Upward to 477 Pounds
From a Times Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO —
The amount of cocaine confiscated by agents at the San Onofre immigration checkpoint Thursday totals 477 pounds, twice as much as original estimates and the largest single seizure of the drug ever in San Diego County, authorities said Friday.
The cocaine, seized from a pickup truck attempting to pass through the Border Patrol station, has a street value of about $58 million, said Lt. Alan Fulmer, a division commander in the San Diego County Narcotics Task Force.
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