98 pounds of methamphetamine were located in various concealed locations of a Nissan Altima. Valley News/Courtesy photo
MURRIETA – An officer from the Murrieta Police Department Special Enforcement Team (SET) attended a joint highway drug interdiction training class held in Murrieta on June 10, and two days later assisted Customs and Border Protection agents in seizing a large cache of narcotics.
This class was presented by the United States Border Patrol, Highway Interdiction, Detection and Enforcement (HIDE) Team and is aimed as a holistic counter-fentanyl effort that began in October 2023 in southern California. The operation focuses on intelligence collection and partnerships and utilizes local Customs and Border Protection (CBP) field assets augmented by federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners to boost resources, increase collaboration, and target the smuggling of fentanyl into the U
