25-year-old stopped on Interstate 5 in San Clemente, south of LA with fourteen bundles weighing a total of 38.25lb while two-year-old girl and boy, 11, were in in the 2001 Honda Accord
By Ben Tufft
Daily Mail
August 5, 2016
A mother travelling with two young children has been arrested after close to $500,000 worth of cocaine was found in her vehicle.
The 25-year-old was stopped on Interstate 5 in San Clemente, south of Los Angeles, by Border Patrol officials on Monday morning.
A two-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy were in the 2001 Honda Accord, which was searched by agents.
Thomas Blanks, the patrol agent in charge of the search, said: 'It is very sad to see innocent children entangled in this shameful attempt to smuggle illicit narcotics.'
A sniffer dog alerted officers to the presence of drugs and 14 bundles of cocaine were discovered, including eight in the rear seat where the girl sat.
In the front passenger seat, where the boy was sat, three bundles of cocaine were stashed and three additional packages of cocaine were hidden inside the driver's seat.
The 14 bundles weighed a total of 38.25lb and have an estimated street value of $459,000.
The woman, who has not been named, was arrested and taken into custody to be questioned by a task force led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the vehicle was seized by US Border Patrol.
Both children were placed in the care of Child Welfare Services.
Officials have seized 1,069 pounds of cocaine during this fiscal year in the San Diego sector alone.
1 comment:
She just wanted to spend some quality time with her kids while she was running errands. What's the big deal?
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