A 16-year-old boy was arrested in the Otay Mesa area on suspicion of using a remote-controlled car to transport nearly 56 pounds of methamphetamine across the border from Mexico, the U.S. Border Patrol reported Tuesday.
Around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, agents spotted a person walking with two duffel bags along a secondary border wall about a mile west of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, Border Patrol officials said.
Agents responded to the area and found a 16-year-old boy hiding in thick brush along with a remote-controlled car and two large duffel bags.
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Upon searching the two duffel bags, they found 50 bundles of methamphetamine weighing just under 56 pounds. Officials estimated the street value of the drugs to be worth more than $106,000.
The boy, a U.S. citizen, was arrested and taken to a nearby station.
Border Patrol agents stopped a similar smuggling attempt just over two years ago.
In August 2017, agents arrested a 25-year-old man about two miles west of the San Ysidro Port of Entry on suspicion of flying just over 13 pounds of methamphetamine across the border using a remote-controlled drone.
