Boy was found with bags of meth with a street value of more than $106,000 near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry border.
A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border using a remote control car.spotted a person holding two duffel bags while walking along the secondary border wall"ducking in-and-out" of their view.One of the agents then saw the teenager hiding in a thick bush near Otay Mesa Port of Entry border. The suspect, later revealed to be a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was carrying a remote controlled car along with the two bags.
The 16-year-old was then arrested and taken to a nearby station, where he will face drug smuggling charges.that the remote controlled car would have had to"make multiple runs and go back and forth" in order to take the drugs past the border.San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Douglas Harrison added in a statement:"I am extremely proud of the agents' heightened vigilance and hard work in stopping this unusual smuggling scheme.
When Rivera was approached by agents near the border at Servano Avenue and Valentino Street, he was in possession of a large bag filled with bundles of meth which had a street value of around $46,000. The drone was also found hidden in a nearby bush.
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