California border patrol agents recently seized illegal drugs and more than $17,000 in cash in three separate incidents recently.

The cash was found in the vehicle of a U.S. citizen who had been driving with a Mexican citizen on I-15 south of Rainbow, California, according to a Border Patrol release. The border patrol K-9 team conducted a search of the 2009 Ford Econoline vehicle, uncovering $17,863 in cash that had been hidden in packages of baby wipes, shop towels and gloves. The two men, ages 35 and 36, were arrested on smuggling charges and taken to the Vista Jail in San Diego County.

The agents also stopped a 20-year-old male driving a 2006 Mercury Montego that same day, which resulted in a discovery of 17 vacuum-sealed bundles of methamphetamine located inside a tire in the trunk. The drugs have an estimated street value of more than $374,000. A 29-year-old male was also arrested, for having eight bundles of meth hidden under the rear passenger seats, which have a value of $229,200.

A Patch article stated the reason the car was stopped has not been disclosed. An agent said the K-9 team dogs are trained to smell drugs and humans.

"If the dog alerted it's probably because there was some sort of narcotics residue on the money," Border Patrol Agent Scott Simon told the news source.

The Vista jail was opened in 1978 and is the primary intake facility for both men and women prisoners in northern San Diego County. It houses pre-trial inmates who are facing misdemeanor or felony charges, and is the only facility in the county that houses inmates of either gender facing either type of charge. The 886-bed facility is located on Melrose Drive in Vista, just off exit 6B of the Ronald Packer Parkway.