DULZURA : Border Agents Seize $4 Million in Pot
Border Patrol agents seized 2,033 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $4 million after chasing a pickup through Dulzura near the international border Wednesday morning, authorities said.
Agents on patrol from the Campo station spotted a northbound pickup on a dirt road leading from the border. When agents tried to stop the truck, it turned south on the road that agents say is frequented by undocumented migrants and smugglers.
About 2 miles north of the border, the truck pulled over and the driver and passenger fled on foot. Agents captured the driver, a 26-year-old man from Mexico whose name is not being released pending further investigation. The passenger escaped into dense brush.
The agents discovered the marijuana in individually wrapped plastic packages in the back of the truck.
It was San Diego’s second marijuana seizure exceeding 1 ton this week. On Sunday, agents seized 2,053 pounds in the Boulevard area in eastern San Diego County. No one was arrested in the Sunday incident.
Wednesday’s seizure brings the San Diego sector’s combined total for fiscal year 1992 to more than 37,400 pounds.
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