$430,000 Worth of Methamphetamine Recovered

Officers from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office discovered 39 pounds of methamphetamine “stashed in various hidden compartments” of a car around 10 p.m. Friday after a traffic stop near highways 101 and 152 in Gilroy.

"It is unusual for this quantity of meth to be discovered in a car," said sheriff's spokesman, Sgt. Rick Sung.

The drugs are reportedly worth $430,000 locally.

With the assistance of a K-9 unit and agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency, officers discovered the drugs and arrested the driver, a 54-year-old woman from Tijuana, Mexico, for various charges related to the sale and transportation of drugs.

The woman is being held at the Santa Clara County Main Jail without bail.

Further investigation revealed that the suspect had entered the country through San Diego’s Otay Mesa border service port earlier Friday with the intent to distribute the drugs in San Jose, according to the sheriff's release.