OCEANSIDE, Calif.—San Diego County sheriff’s detectives stopped a speeding car near Camp Pendleton and found 32 packages of counterfeit Oxycodone pills inside the vehicle, authorities said Jan. 14.
The bust was made at about 7:30 a.m. Friday when detectives from the sheriff’s Border Crime Suppression Team spotted a speeding vehicle and stopped it on the San Diego (5) Freeway near Camp Pendleton, said sheriff’s Sgt. William Kerr.
During the stop, driver Alberto Jose Partida appeared nervous and gave deceptive answers to detectives, so they summoned K-9 Milo, who alerted them to an odor of narcotics, Kerr said.
“During the subsequent search, 32 packages of counterfeit Oxycodone pills were found in the car’s fuel tank. The packages contained an estimated 240,000 pills,” he said.
“These types of pills, commonly known as ‘M30’s’ or ’Blues’ are typically smuggled into the United States from Mexico and are known to contain lethal dosages of fentanyl,” Kerr said. “This seizure and others like it continue to save individual families from the loss of loved ones to accidental overdoses.”
Partida was arrested and booked into the Vista Detention Facility for suspicion of transporting controlled substances and enhancements for possessing over 24 kilograms of narcotics.
