Dossier
Otay Mesa Port of Entry
Coverage of Otay Mesa Port of Entry in the Nexus archive.
- 118 pounds of cocaine seized at California border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 118 pounds of cocaine at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego. The drugs were found in 45 packages hidden inside the spare tire well of a vehicle attempting to cross the border from Tijuana, Mexico.
- CBP officers seize over $2.8M in cocaine and meth in back-to-back busts at California port of entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized over $2.8 million in cocaine and methamphetamine at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in California during back-to-back busts. The seizures involved a 51-year-old Mexican man and a 21-year-old U.S. citizen, with drugs hidden in vehicles and detected via canine teams and imaging systems.