Over 100 pounds of drugs hidden in car roof driving up I-5 in Fresno County, DOJ says

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Over 100 pounds of narcotics were recovered hidden successful a car's extortion aft a postulation halt successful Fresno County, the United States Department of Justice said.

According to the DOJ, officers pulled implicit 42-year-old Jose Miguel Perez of Corona portion driving northbound connected I-5 successful Fresno County.

After searching done the car's compartments, the DOJ says constabulary recovered 56 kilograms of assorted narcotics; 7 kilograms of cocaine were recovered successful the ceiling, portion an further 37 kilograms of cocaine, 10 kilograms of heroin, and 2 kilograms of ketamine were hidden successful the car’s roof.

Perez pleaded blameworthy Monday to cocaine and heroin trafficking, the DOJ says. He is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected June 23 and faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years successful situation and a maximum statutory punishment of beingness successful prison.