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Three men were arrested in San Diego by federal and local authorities. They were in the U.S. illegally, with two of them from Mexico and one from El Salvador. The arrest was made after they were found transporting around 8,000 pounds of methamphetamine valued at over $5 million earlier in the week.
The incident occurred at approximately 7 p.m. on Monday in the South Bay region during a collaborative investigation on narcotics led by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office. The arrest was announced on Thursday evening.
During the operation, detectives from SDCSO and agents from the U.S. Border Patrol witnessed the loading of three vehicles with suspected drug packages. A federal complaint was filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of California, stating that the vehicles were being loaded in a parking lot located on Otay Mesa Road.
Federal and local authorities involved in the seizure said there were 61 total bundles of methamphetamine in the three vehicles. (San Diego County Sheriff’s Office)
When authorities searched their vehicles, they found a total of 61 bundles of methamphetamine, weighing more than 7,700 pounds and valued at around $5.5 million.
“It was one of the biggest seizures of methamphetamine in 2025 in the Southern District of California, and the most significant so far by the new Homeland Security Task Force San Diego, which was recently established by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security at the request of President Trump,” the DOJ said.
Methamphetamine was the drug detected inside the bundles, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office. (San Diego County Sheriff’s Office)
All three men were booked into the San Diego Central Jail and face charges related to conspiracy, transportation and possession of controlled substances for sales.
