$270,000 of Cocaine Found in Car Dashboard

A driver passing through Temecula gets a first class ticket to jail.

Agents arrested a 30-year-old women after finding 27 pounds of cocaine stuffed in the dashboard of a Toyota Corolla, the LA Times reported.

According to authorities, agents were patrolling Interstate 15 in Temecula near a Border Patrol checkpoint about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday when they stopped the car.

After inspecting the car with the help of a drug-sniffing dog, they discovered 10 bundles of cocaine hidden inside the dashboard. Agents arrested the driver, a U.S. citizen,  according to the Times.

The cocaine has a street value of more than $270,000 the Times said.

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