INDIO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI)-- Two women were arrested by El Centro Border Patrol agents on Friday after being suspected of smuggling 176 pounds of methamphetamine, which has an estimated street value of $149,727, according to a press release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

According to the report, on Friday, Aug. 22, at around 6:40 a.m., the two women, aged 42 and 36, were driving a black SUV when they stopped at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint in El Centro.

During the primary inspection, a Border Patrol K9 alerted officers to the probable presence of concealed people or drugs in the vehicle, according to authorities.

When officers further inspected the vehicle, they reportedly discovered several packages of a crystal-like substance wrapped in plastic and hidden in the veh

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