Feds seize $3 million from smuggling suspects
More than $3 million in cash destined for Mexico was found in two cars in Escondido Tuesday, the largest cash seizure ever made by U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego County, authorities said Friday.
Two men, one a citizen of Mexico, the other of the United States, were arrested on charges of smuggling U.S. currency in their separate vehicles.
“It was quite a significant seizure,” said Border Patrol spokesman Mark Endicott. Stacks of crisp $100, $20, $10 and $1 bills were confiscated.
An agent followed a speeding Kia Forte from southbound Interstate 15 to West Country Club Lane about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday and pulled over the driver. The agent suspected that the Kia was being driven in tandem with a Volkswagen Passat that raced off while the Kia was stopped, Endicott said.
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