CBP San Diego seizes about 67 million dollars in drugs across July busts

SAN DIEGO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in San Diego seized more than 67 million dollars in illegal drugs during July enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Officers with the San Diego Field Office, which covers seven ports of entry on the California-Mexico border, reported 8,359 pounds of narcotics taken during 144 smuggling attempts between July 1 and July 31. DHS put the estimated street value at 67 million dollars.

The month totals included 553 pounds of fentanyl, 36 pounds of heroin, 2,572 pounds of cocaine, and 5,077 pounds of methamphetamine, according to figures carried by Fox News and local affiliates. Sidney Aki, CBP San Diego director of field operations, said the seizures reflect daily work to keep dangerous drugs out of U.S. communities.

Earlier this month, officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry found about 16 pounds of fentanyl, valued near 240,000 dollars, hidden in an electric moped driven by a 22-year-old Mexican citizen, DHS said. Separate reporting noted recent weapons interdictions as well, including a rocket-propelled grenade launcher tube and rifles stopped while heading toward Mexico from Arizona.

The July San Diego totals sit inside the Trump administration border enforcement push. Fentanyl remains a leading cause of overdose deaths in the United States, and port seizures are one measure of interdiction volume rather than a full picture of drugs that still get through.

DHS framed the numbers as evidence of sustained officer vigilance at busy Southern California crossings. Individual case prosecutions continue separately from the monthly poundage reports.