U.S. Border Patrol seizes fentanyl worth more than $1.5 million at Pine Valley checkpoint

PINE VALLEY, Calif – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Campo Border Patrol Station discovered 112 pounds of fentanyl concealed inside a vehicle at the Pine Valley checkpoint on May 18.Agents patrolling the east county conducted a vehicle stop on a 2003 SUV that was traveling west on Interstate 8. During a brief investigation, an agency K-9 team alerted agents to the vehicle. After the alert, agents transported the vehicle and driver, an adult male United States citizen, to the Interstate 8 Border Patrol checkpoint in Pine Valley.At the checkpoint, agents searched the vehicle and discovered nine plastic-wrapped packages concealed in its roof. The packages contained blue pills that tested positive for fentanyl. The total weight of the narcotics was 112 pounds with an estima