( CNN ) -- A Tijuana , Mexico , police officer will appear in a U.S. federal court next week after being arrested on a charge of possession with intent to distribute almost 20 pounds of heroin and methamphetamine . Noe Raygoza-Garcia , 33 , was indicted Thursday and was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday , but because of `` documentary snafu '' was never transported from a prison in San Bernandino , California , said Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Carlo DiCesare . Raygoza-Garcia 's arraignment was rescheduled to April 9 . According to an affidavit from U.S. Border Patrol agent Kevin Legg , authorities were conducting anti-smuggling operations on March 17 in Fallbrook , California . They were monitoring Interstate 15 , a popular smuggling route , about 70 miles north of the Mexican border when Raygoza-Garcia passed in a red Dodge Neon . `` As the vehicle approached , the agents immediately noticed that the vehicle reduced its speed drastically , '' forcing cars behind it to go around , the affidavit said . The Border Patrol agents pulled alongside the car and noticed a single key in the ignition , which can be a sign that a car contains contraband , the affidavit said . The agents dropped about 10 car lengths behind the Neon , according to the affidavit , and noticed the driver cross over the dividing line . `` The agents believed that ( Raygoza-Garcia ) was fixated on the position of the marked service vehicle behind ( him ) instead of focusing on the road ahead of him , '' the affidavit said . The agents pulled closer to the Neon and noticed the driver was driving 45 to 50 mph , `` well below the posted speed limit , '' and Raygoza-Garcia `` appeared to be gripping the steering wheel very tightly '' when he passed a Riverside County police vehicle . Using their laptop to check the vehicle , authorities learned it had crossed into the United States that morning . At the border , records showed , the driver was Eduardo Guadalupe Sanchez-Hernandez , who did not look like Raygoza-Garcia , the affidavit said . They pulled over the vehicle , and when Raygoza-Garcia exited the vehicle , he `` nearly fell to the ground and was shaking excessively , '' according to the affidavit . He told the agents he had a valid visa and was nervous about being pulled over , the affidavit said . Raygoza-Garcia further told agents that he was going to San Bernandino to visit his dying uncle , but when asked the location , he said he did n't know , according to the affidavit . He also told agents that he had driven the car over the border himself and that the vehicle belonged to his friend , whom he knew only as `` Eduardo , '' the affidavit said . When agents told Raygoza-Garcia that records showed he had crossed the border as a pedestrian , he `` started pacing and they noticed a change in the tone of his voice , '' the affidavit said . He then recanted his story and said he borrowed his friend 's car after crossing the border . He said he did n't know why he had n't crossed with his friend , the affidavit said . Asked if there was anything illegal in the car , Raygoza-Garcia said he did n't know and gave the agents permission to search it using a dog , the affidavit said . The dog indicated there were drugs in the car . In the glove compartment , agents found a socket with a star-shaped pattern matching bolts in the rear seat area . They removed the backrest , where they found `` bundles of narcotics , '' six square packages and five `` misshapen , non-compressed packages , '' according to the affidavit . The square ones tested positive for heroin and the misshapen ones tested positive for methamphetamine , the agents said in an affidavit . The indictment says Raygoza-Garcia was charged with possessing 6 kilograms ( 13.2 pounds ) of heroin and 2.8 kilograms ( 6.2 pounds ) of methamphetamine . Raygoza-Garcia 's court-appointed federal public defender did not immediately return calls from CNN . Raygoza-Garcia is being held without bond and faces a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence and a maximum penalty of life in prison if found guilty of possession with intent to distribute . CNN 's Elwyn Lopez contributed to this report .
Tijuana police officer 's arraignment postponed until next week because of ` ` ' '' Border Patrol agents brought Officer Raygoza - Torres over last month in California . Affidavit : He was ` ` shaking excessively '' and did n't know where his second wife lived . Agents say they found 13 pounds of heroin and 6 pounds of methamphetamine in car .