{"id":332980,"date":"2010-02-17T21:13:13","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T02:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a8aee1dc970b"},"modified":"2010-02-17T21:13:02","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T02:13:02","slug":"border-agents-seize-766000-worth-of-crystal-meth-and-pot-near-san-clemente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/332980","title":{"rendered":"Border agents seize $766,000 worth of crystal meth and pot near San Clemente"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Border Patrol agents seized $766,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and marijuana during three separate stops on the 5 Freeway near San Clemente, authorities said Wednesday.<br \/><\/br><br \/><\/br><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef012877b1ac46970c-pi\" style=\"float: right;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cyrstal Meth\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef012877b1ac46970c \" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef012877b1ac46970c-320wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;\"><\/img><\/a> The first seizure was on Saturday, when two Mexican citizens in a Chrysler sedan were stopped at the San Clemente vehicle checkpoint. Agents found 36 pounds of crystal meth hidden in a false compartments in the car, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.<br \/><\/br><br \/><\/br>The drugs and two suspects, ages 26 and 38, were turned over the Drug Enforcement Agency. <br \/><\/br><br \/><\/br>In the second seizure, also on Saturday, agents found 126 pounds of marijuana hidden in a Jeep Cherokee. The drugs and the driver, a 26-year-old man who is a\u00a0 U.S. citizen, were turned over to the San Diego County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, the Homeland Security Department said.<br \/><\/br><br \/><\/br>On Monday, a 46-year-old woman was found with 16.5 ounces of crystal meth in her Toyota Corolla. The woman, a U.S. citizen, was turned over with the drugs to the DEA, the Homeland Security Department said.<br \/><\/br><br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Robert J. Lopez<\/p>\n<p>Photo: <em>Crystal methamphetamine hidden in a Chrysler sedan. Credit: Department of Homeland Security.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Border Patrol agents seized $766,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and marijuana during three separate stops on the 5 Freeway near San Clemente, authorities said Wednesday. The first seizure was on Saturday, when two Mexican citizens in a Chrysler sedan were stopped at the San Clemente vehicle checkpoint. Agents found 36 pounds of crystal meth hidden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4622,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4622"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}