Teen Arrested On Suspicion Of Using Remote-Controlled Car To Smuggle Drugs Across Border
LAPPL News Watch
November 22, 2019
A 16-year-old boy was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of using a remote-controlled car to transport methamphetamine across the border near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, authorities said.
Border Patrol agents believe someone on the south side of the U.S.-Mexico border was able to slip the drug-laden car through a gap in the bollard-style fencing and then drive it to the teen waiting on the north side of the fence, said Border Patrol spokesman Theron Francisco.
An agent spotted the boy hiding in thick brush near the border, about a mile north of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, about 12:30 a.m. Sunday. The teen had two large duffel bags and a remote-controlled car with him, and agents found 50 packages of methamphetamine weighing more than 55 pounds in his bags.
The boy was arrested on drug-smuggling charges and has been booked into juvenile hall. Francisco said he didn’t know where the boy lived.
1 comment:
Pretty clever actually.
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