San Diego authorities arrest 3 noncitizens allegedly involved in transporting more than $5M worth of meth

Federal and local government in San Diego arrested three men in the U S illegally two from Mexico and one from El Salvador after they allegedly transported nearly pounds of methamphetamine worth more than million earlier this week The matter took place on Monday around p m during a joint narcotics scrutiny in the South Bay region the San Diego County Sheriff's Office publicized Thursday evening SDCSO detectives and U S Confines Patrol agents observed three vehicles they thought were being loaded with bundles of drugs A federal complaint filed by the U S Attorney's Office of the Southern District of California announced the vehicles were being loaded in a parking lot on Otay Mesa Road CBP OFFICERS SEIZE OVER M OF ALLEGED METHAMPHETAMINE AT SOUTHERN DEMARCATION Two of those vehicles were driven toward a motel in San Ysidro while the third van went to a motel in Chula Vista the sheriff's office declared All three drivers were ultimately arrested They were identified by the Justice Department as -year-old Erick Omar Arriola of El Salvador and Mexican nationals Eugenio Lizama and Baltazar Rodriguez Reyes Arriola is a felon convicted of driving under the influence battery of a spouse and false imprisonment the DOJ explained 'ZOMBIE DRUG' SMUGGLED ACROSS SOUTHERN DIVIDING LINE A GROWING THREAT TO AMERICANS CLINICIAN WARNS When executives searched their vehicles they discovered a total of bundles of methamphetamine weighing more than pounds and valued at around million It was one of the biggest seizures of methamphetamine in in the Southern District of California and the majority substantial so far by the new Homeland Precaution Task Force San Diego which was not long ago established by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Measure at the request of President Trump the DOJ noted All three men were booked into the San Diego Central Jail and face charges related to conspiracy transportation and possession of controlled substances for sales