The U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego California seized an amount of $1 million in the California-Mexico border. The seizure occurred after the trained K-9 detected an odor coming from the gas tank.

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The border patrol agents working near the California and Mexico border in San Diego stopped a Volkswagen Touareg on August 5. The vehicle is headed south on Interstate 15 in Escondido, California. However, a simple inspection leads to a surprising arrest. 

According to a published report in the Breitbart, the agents identified the man as a Mexican national during the initial interview of the border patrol agent. Meanwhile, the second agent with a trained K-9 conducted a walk-around inspection of the vehicle.

During the inspection, the K-9 alerted the agent of a suspicious odor coming from the vehicle's gas tank. With this, the agents decided to conduct a physical search of the car, and they discovered 65 packages of plastic-wrapped with U.S. currency. 

Officials reported that the 65 packages of bundles contained $967,460 in cash. Following this, the man was arrested while the vehicle and the money were seized by the border patrol agents. They immediately turned over the Mexican man to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations special agents for further investigation.

Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke released a statement and said, "The U.S. Border Patrol works tirelessly to protect the Homeland from transnational criminal organizations- the same criminal enterprises that poison our communities with narcotics and smuggle human beings like cargo."

Moreover, the border patrol agents and officials did not yet give any comments and reports about the immigration status of the Mexican man arrested for an alleged smuggling operation. 

Putting the smuggled money and drugs inside the interior part of the vehicle is just one of the tactics of the different organized crime groups to transport illegal drugs and smuggled money.

 

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