Border Patrol Discover Gas Tank Loaded With $71K Worth Meth

Border Patrol Discover Gas Tank Loaded With $71K Worth Meth
A woman suspected of smuggling methamphetamine inside her vehicle’s gas tank on July 14, 2018. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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United States Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint in Southern California arrested a woman suspected of smuggling methamphetamine after discovering several packages of the narcotics in her vehicle’s gas tank on July 14, according to a statement.

The 45-year-old woman approached the checkpoint in her 2005 burgundy Hyundai Sonata at around 9 p.m. Her minor son was also in the car.