Joint Operation Near Border Nets $1.5 Million Fentanyl Bust
LAPPL News Watch
April 12, 2019
A joint operation between Border Patrol and the Sheriff’s Department resulted in a 44-pound seizure of fentanyl, authorities said Thursday.
Detectives with the sheriff’s Border Crime Suppression Team, along with BP agents, pulled over a 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday as it sped west on Interstate 905 in San Diego, authorities said.
A sheriff’s dog detected the presence of drugs, and a search of the SUV found 44 pounds of powdered fentanyl “deeply concealed” inside, sheriff’s officials said.
The drugs were estimated to have a street value of more than $1.5 million.
The driver, Marilu Escamilla, 24, and her boyfriend, passenger Fernando Camargo, 36, both of Fullerton, were arrested and booked into county jail on various drug charges. They were being held in lieu of $750,000 bail each, according to jail records.
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