Nearly 200 pounds of meth were found in Tupperware containers after a dune buggy that picked up the drugs crashed into a canal, authorities say.
Four men have been arrested in connection with a drug-smuggling scheme in which an ultralight aircraft allegedly dropped nearly 200 pounds of methamphetamine near the Salton Sea, federal authorities announced Monday.
“This is the first time for our office, to our knowledge, that there’s been a prosecution in the Central District of California for something involving an ultralight or plane coming in and dropping narcotics within our district,” said Assistant U.S. Atty. Benjamin J. Weir, who is prosecuting the case.The aircraft illegally crossed into the United States from Mexico near the Calexico East Port of Entry late Thursday, according to an affidavit in support of a criminal complaint filed in U.S.
About 11:45 p.m., California Highway Patrol aircraft officers saw two off-road vehicles using spotlights on the ground near the suspected drop site before departing south toward Coachella Canal road. Agents also saw a package floating in the canal near the crashed buggy, and more fell out when they retrieved the vehicle from the water, court documents show. In total, 26 Tupperware packages containing almost 185 pounds of methamphetamine were recovered from the buggy and the canal, authorities said. Investigators also found inside the Polaris two GPS tracking devices, which they believe were attached to the drugs dropped from the aircraft.
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