A truck driver who was arrested at the Pine Valley checkpoint has been charged with possessing a stolen Glock handgun.
Terrance Deandre Ellison, 40, of San Diego, pleaded not guilty Aug. 26 to charges of possession of a firearm by a felon and being a person proÂhibited to possess a firearm.
Additionally, Ellison has a separate case in U.S. District Court that alleges he possessed nine packages of methamphetÂamine when he went through the Calexico Point of Entry on May 29.
Ellison apparently posted bond since he was free when he went through the Pine ValÂley checkpoint on Aug. 17. No drugs were found then, but Deputy District Attorney DaÂvid Vallero said he has been convicted of four previous drug cases.
El Cajon Superior Court Judge Robert Amador set bail at $50,000 for Ellison, but jail records say he cannot be reÂleased because of a federal hold stemming from the other case.
Ellison was indicted by a fedÂeral grand jury recently and is charged with knowingly importing methamphetamine in a Dodge Journey vehicle. A narcotics dog alerted officers to the dashboard, where nine plastic packages of a substance believed to be meth were recovÂered.
The weight of the packages was 2.07 pounds, according to federal court records. A scale was found in his vehicle and Ellison told agents he used the scale to sell drugs.
