Border Patrol Agents Seize Cash, Cocaine in Blythe California
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Blythe Station seized more than $80,000 in cash and two pounds of cocaine in separate smuggling attempts over the weekend.
On December 18, Border Patrol agents arrested two individuals traveling in a 2008 Gray Chrysler 300. During the vehicle stop, a K-9 team alerted to the vehicle. A search of the trunk yielded several bundles of U.S. currency totaling $82,075. The money was turned over to the Blythe Narcotics Enforcement Team and the two individuals were released pending an investigation.
The next day, agents arrested two more individuals traveling in a 2001 Gold Chevrolet Impala. A K-9 team responded to the vehicle stop and quickly alerted to the vehicle. Agents searched the vehicle and found a plastic wrapped bundle of cocaine in the speaker box. The cocaine weighs a little more than two pounds and has an estimated street value of $74,720. The cocaine and suspects were turned over to the Narcotics Task Force Office of Palm Springs.
Since October 1, 2009, the Blythe Border Patrol Station has seized approximately $235,000 in cash.
via Border Patrol
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