Otago Daily Times

Bust catches 1360kg of illegal drugs

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SAN DIEGO: Authoritie­s discovered 1360kg of methamphet­amine, plus heroin and fentanyl, in a semitraile­r at San Diego’s Otay Mesa Port of Entry at the weekend.

The drugs, worth an estimated $NZ10.8 million, were found bundled up in cardboard boxes and tucked in the trailer in with medical laboratory supplies, US Customs and Border Protection officials said.

Authoritie­s said it was their secondlarg­est meth bust. — TCA

 ??  ?? High volume . . . Meth, fentanyl and heroin in a semitraile­r at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.
High volume . . . Meth, fentanyl and heroin in a semitraile­r at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.

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