Firefighters are on the scene of a spreading 3- to 5-acre fire burning near power lines by Avenue 66 and Highway 86 Expressway in Mecca, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint arrested a man suspected of smuggling narcotics Sunday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 7:40 a.m., when a 26-year-old man driving a white Jeep Cherokee approached the checkpoint. Agents sent the vehicle to secondary inspection for further investigation. In secondary, a Border […]
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint arrested two subjects attempting to smuggle narcotics on their bodies on Friday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 10:15 a.m., when a 63-year-old man driving a 2019 red Toyota Corolla with two juvenile female passengers approached the checkpoint. A Border Patrol canine […]
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint arrested a man suspected of smuggling methamphetamine on Tuesday. The incident occurred at approximately 1:55 p.m., when a 23-year-old man driving a 2012 burgundy Nissan Altima approached the checkpoint. A Border Patrol canine detection team alerted to the vehicle. Agents sent the […]
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint arrested three individuals suspected of smuggling methamphetamine this morning. The incident occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. when a 36-year-old woman driving a maroon 2015 Chevrolet Camaro accompanied by two passengers, a 27-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man approached the checkpoint. A Border […]
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio Station arrested two individuals trying to smuggle nine undocumented immigrants hiding in the bed of their tracker trailer yesterday evening. The incident occurred at approximately 8:45 p.m., when a white 2007 Freightliner approached the Highway 86 checkpoint. During primary inspection, Border Patrol Agents questioned the driver […]
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint arrested a woman suspected of smuggling methamphetamine inside her vehicle’s gas tank on Saturday evening. The incident occurred at approximately 9 p.m. after a 45-year-old woman, along with her minor son, approached the checkpoint in a 2005 burgundy Hyundai Sonata. During primary […]
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 86 checkpoint arrested a man suspected of smuggling methamphetamine Sunday morning. The incident occurred at approximately 10 a.m. when a Jeep approached the Highway 86 checkpoint. During primary inspection, a Border Patrol canine detection team alerted to the vehicle. Agents referred the vehicle to secondary […]
