Heroin found in Cheetos bag during traffic stop in Merced County

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Approximately 2.5 pounds of heroin was recovered wrong a Cheetos container during a postulation halt successful Merced County Sunday, the California Highway Patrol said.

On Sunday, May 11, astatine astir 5:17 p.m., a CHP K-9 serviceman conducted a postulation halt connected a Honda Accord for a postulation violation.

The halt happened connected the northbound I-5 astatine the Santa Nella scales successful Merced County.

During the postulation stop, the Honda was searched aft the operator gave written consent.

While searching the Honda, officers accidental they located astir 2.5 pounds of heroin wrong a Cheetos bag.

The thoroughfare worth of the heroin, according to CHP, is astir $90,160.

CHP said the operator was arrested and booked into the Merced County Jail for suspicion of possession of heroin for merchantability and proscription of heroin crossed noncontiguous counties.