Drug Seizures at San Diego, Imperial County Ports of Entry Decreased
SAN DIEGO—U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) San Diego field office announced this week that the total amount of narcotics seized at Southern California ports of entry this past fiscal year decreased from the previous year.
The statistics released this week accounted for drugs seized through Sept. 30 at the San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, Calexico, Andrade, and the San Diego air and seaports of entry.
Despite the 38 percent reduction in overall drugs seized, the agency’s officials said more than 50 tons of illegal drugs were discovered at the ports of entry, including more than 6,700 pounds of fentanyl and over 86,000 pounds of meth….