$76,000 dollars in heroin discovered at checkpoint
POSTED: 02:19 PM PDT Sep 03, 2013   Border patrol agents
arrested a man Sunday after they discovered $76,000 dollars in
heroin hidden near his groin area.  At around 5:30 p.m., a
25-year-old man in a grey 1994 Oldsmobile with Sinaloa, Mexico
license plates was passing through the Border Patrol checkpoint
between Westmorland and Salton City when a canine team alerted
agents to search the car near the drivers seat.  Agents patted
down the man and discovered a vacuum sealed package of heroin
wrapped near his groin area with white electrical tape.  The
heroin weighed 2.39 pounds and agents estimate its value at
$76,000 dollars.   The man, a Mexican citizen and holder of a
B1/B2 Visa was arrested as the sole suspect in the case.  The
suspect, narcotics, and vehicle were turned over to the Drug
Enforcement Administration.   All information in the article via
a press release from the El Centro Sector Border Patrol.