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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A Washington antheral has been arrested aft a canine serviceman uncovered $500,000 worthy of fentanyl hidden successful carne asada beef packages and a tote cooler, the California Highway Patrol said.
Officers accidental a CHP conveyance pulled implicit a Ford Edge connected northbound Interstate 5 connected Thursday adjacent Nees Avenue successful Fresno County. During the stop, the serviceman discovered that the operator was unlicensed and initiated a conveyance impound.
According to CHP, during a hunt of the vehicle, the officer's canine spouse rapidly alerted to the beingness of narcotics. The serviceman recovered 2 packages of fentanyl successful a brushed tote cooler and 3 much hidden wrong packages of carne asada beef successful a abstracted cooler, with a full value of 11 pounds.
Officers accidental the find led to the apprehension of Andres Daniel Gonzalez Murillo, 30, of Washougal, Washington. He was booked into the Fresno County Jail connected suspicion of possession of fentanyl for merchantability and proscription of fentanyl crossed non-contiguous counties.
