(The 2nd largest seizure in Southern California this year)...Customs and Border Protection agents at the Calexico port seized half a ton of cocaine.

It was valued at over $20 million. The drugs found in the modified floorboards of a commercial flatbed trailer. The largest seizure was in May, when over a ton of cocaine was discovered. The driver of the rig in Calexico, 44-year-old Manuel Lopez. Lopez of Mexicali was arrested; he is currently being held on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges. If found guilty, the suspect face a sentence of ten years to life in prison.