Customs officers intercept 8 separate cocaine smuggling attempts in 2 days

Customs officers intercept 8 separate cocaine smuggling attempts in 2 days

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry allegedly intercepted eight separate attempts to smuggle cocaine into the country from Mexico within two days, according to a news release from the agency Tuesday. CBP officers thwarted three of the eight attempts on March 4, starting with a 31-year-old man attempting to cross the border with an empty commercial tractor-trailer around 2 p.m. …

CBP officers stop eight separate cocaine smuggling attempts over two days

SAN DIEGO (KYMA, KECY) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry stopped eight separate cocaine smuggling attempts, preventing more than 240 pounds of cocaine from crossing the border, over the course of two days. In a press release, the first three smuggling attempts happened on March 4, with the first one happening at around 2:00 p.m. when officers came across a 31-year old man, who is a border crossing…

Border Patrol announces 240 pounds of cocaine seizures in Otay Mesa

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Border Patrol officers intercepted eight different cocaine smuggling attempts at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry this month, preventing more than 240 pounds of the drug from entering the country, the agency announced.The first three seizures occurred March 4 at around 2 p.m., when an empty commercial tractor-trailer driven by a 31-year-old man was referred to secondary inspection, where a K-9 unit alerted officers to a non-factory …

Agents arrested eight drivers and seized trucks with hidden compartments. Customs and Border Protection agents (CBP) at Otay Mesa’s commercial port of loading intercepted eight cocaine trafficking attempts in two days, preventing more than 240 pounds of narcotics from entering the United States. Seizures, carried out between 4 and 5 March 2025, resulted in the arrest of eight drivers with valid visas and the seizure of several commercial trucks.…

SAN DIEGO, MARCH 18, 2025. — Customs and Border Protection (BP) agents at Otay Mesa commercial port of loading successfully intercepted eight separate cocaine trafficking attempts in two days, preventing more than 240 pounds of dangerous narcotics from entering the United States. These law enforcement actions resulted in the arrest of eight drivers carrying visas and the confiscation of several commercial trucks. The first three seizures took pl…

Eight semi trucks seized and eight visa-holding drivers nabbed for cocaine smuggling in two days at Otay Mesa Port of Entry

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers (CBP) seized hundreds of pounds of cocaine from multiple commercial vehicles passing through a California Port of Entry in a two day period. The drug seizures took place on March 4 and March 5, 2025, at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry Commercial Facility located in Otay Mesa, California, and resulted in “the apprehension of eight visa-holding drivers and the seizure of multiple commercial tractor-trailers,…