WASHINGTON: A Los Angeles police officer was arrested after Border Patrol agents at the US-Mexico border allegedly found someone hiding in the officer’s car when they stopped him for questioning, law enforcement sources confirmed.
The officer was taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in California. His name was not released, but officials confirmed he was assigned to the LAPD’s Hollywood Division.
The officer faces possible human smuggling charges.
LAPD spokesman Commander Andrew Smith declined to comment on the arrest, deferring the case to federal authorities.
The arrest came on the heels of another LAPD officer being linked to a crime. Officer Henry Solis, a rookie assigned to the department’s Devonshire Division, was named a person of interest in the fatal shooting a 23-year-old Ontario man early.
