SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- The U.S. Border Patrol's San Diego Sector has seen more drug smuggling attempts involving car batteries, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. • The video above by Nexstar Media Wire explains what you need to know about fentanyl

Battery concealment involves hiding drugs under the hood of a vehicle, CBP said in a news release Monday.

On Aug. 20, Border Patrol agents and the San Diego County Sheriff's Office stopped a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was carrying narcotics while heading north on Interstate 5 in Carlsbad.

A search of the vehicle led authorities to discover more than nine pounds of cocaine and over two pounds of methamphetamine inside the car's battery. The suspect and narcotics were taken to the Vista Sheriff's Station for processing, CBP sai

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