Border Patrol agents seized more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine and 1,800 pounds of marijuana in two separate incidents Tuesday, officials said.
The combined street value of the drugs was estimated at more than $18 million, a Border Patrol spokesman said.
The first seizure took place about 1 p.m., after agents stopped a pickup truck crossing the border illegally east of the Tecate Port of Entry. Bundles of cocaine were packed into eight customized compartments in the truck, the spokesman said.
