A San Diego County sheriff’s-led law enforcement team that targets border crimes seized nearly 4 tons of methamphetamine during an operation in South Bay this week, the second biggest meth bust in the team’s history.
The methamphetamine has a street value of about $5.5 million, according to Lt. Michael Gonzales of the Border Crime Suppression Team, which was created in 2009.
About 7 p.m. Monday, a team of sheriff’s detectives and U.S. Border Patrol agents watched as three vehicles were loaded up with what the team suspected was drugs, Gonzales said in a news release.
Two of the vehicles headed to a motel in San Ysidro, and one headed to a motel in Chula Vista. Deputies and the other task force team swooped in and arrested the drivers at the two motels.
The subsequent search turned up 61 packages of methamphetamine, with a combined weight just over 7,700 pounds.
The Sheriff’s Office did not release the names of the drivers, who it said were booked into San Diego Central Jail on charges related to conspiracy, transportation and possession of controlled substances for sale.
