Nearly $1 Million in Meth Seized From Truck With False Compartments at US Border

The drugs were stuffed in false compartments in the furniture, said officials at the Calexico station.

Freight trucks pass through Mexican customs before entering the United States at the Otay Mesa port of entry in San Diego, in this file photo. John Moore/Getty Images

A truck driver transporting cabinets stuffed with methamphetamine was arrested attempting to cross the U.S.–Mexico border, Border Patrol officials said in a July 10 press release.

The 29-year-old man, whose name was withheld, was driving a box truck when he was stopped for inspection at the Calexico East Commercial Facility in the afternoon of July 3. Calexico is about 115 miles east of downtown San Diego.