{"id":866740,"date":"2026-06-14T13:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/866740\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T13:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T13:05:42","slug":"camp-pendleton-breach-leads-to-cocaine-and-fentanyl-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/866740\/","title":{"rendered":"Camp Pendleton breach leads to cocaine and fentanyl bust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A traffic stop turned into a six-hour manhunt at a Marine Corps base in San Diego County on Thursday that resulted in the seizure of a considerable amount of cocaine and fentanyl, according to military officials.<\/p>\n<p>The incident began at 5:40 p.m. when deputies from the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department tried to make a traffic stop along Interstate 5, according to department spokesperson Sgt. Lizbeth Gwisdalla. <\/p>\n<p>The driver exited the highway, and as a deputy got out of their patrol car to approach the stopped vehicle, the driver drove onto the base. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur deputies did not go in, but they let military personnel know that he was on the base,\u201d Gwisdalla said.<\/p>\n<p>The two suspects, who have not been identified, entered the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside through a base gate, according to <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NCIS.Official\/posts\/pfbid02eGcb7zjYA1djkWnaQMckmGaZDxdDaasjiXXKcJD2RsyHjL9haqNy8kb9gW756grQl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a press release statement from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The suspects left their vehicle in base housing.<\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Several plastic packages of cocaine and fentanyl laid out on the pavement\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781442342_740_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Authorities seized about 51 kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl following a security breach at Camp Pendleton. <\/p>\n<p>(Naval Criminal Investigative Service)<\/p>\n<p>The NCIS  launched a search throughout the camp and issued a temporary shelter-in-place order amid the investigation. <\/p>\n<p>Roughly 38,000 military family members occupy base housing complexes, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pendleton.marines.mil\/About\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to the official camp\u2019s website<\/a>. Daytime populations can reach about 70,000 military and civilian personnel.<\/p>\n<p>About 30 camp personnel tracked the suspects after a six-hour manhunt. During their investigation, authorities found 51 kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl inside the runaway vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Gwisdalla said that federal authorities will oversee the investigation, and the suspects will likely face federal charges. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A traffic stop turned into a six-hour manhunt at a Marine Corps base in San Diego County on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":866741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[13257,2531,353158,11067,79726,7726,6123,353156,5022,353157,353159,50,353160,7238,67,132,68,6189,42897],"class_list":["post-866740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","category-us","tag-authority","tag-base","tag-base-housing","tag-camp","tag-cocaine","tag-deputy","tag-driver","tag-fentanyl-bust","tag-investigation","tag-lizbeth-gwisdalla","tag-marine-corps-base","tag-news","tag-six-hour-manhunt","tag-suspect","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-vehicle","tag-website"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116748612165905383","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}