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 episode took place on Monday around p m during a joint narcotics study in the South Bay region the San Diego County Sheriff's Office informed Thursday evening SDCSO detectives and U S Dividing line Patrol agents observed three vehicles they concluded were being loaded with bundles of drugs A federal complaint filed by the U S Attorney's Office of the Southern District of California mentioned the vehicles were being loaded in a parking lot on Otay Mesa Road CBP OFFICERS SEIZE OVER M OF ALLEGED METHAMPHETAMINE AT SOUTHERN CONFINES Two of those vehicles were driven toward a motel in San Ysidro while the third motorcycle went to a motel in Chula Vista the sheriff's office disclosed 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 declared 'ZOMBIE DRUG' SMUGGLED ACROSS SOUTHERN EDGE A GROWING THREAT TO AMERICANS SPECIALIST WARNS When functionaries searched their vehicles they detected 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 bulk substantial so far by the new Homeland Precaution Task Force San Diego which was in the past few days established by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Safety at the request of President Trump the DOJ announced 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