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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Over $2 cardinal worthy of drugs person been seized with the assistance of a K-9 pursuing a postulation halt successful Merced County, besides starring to the apprehension of a antheral from Oregon, the California Highway Patrol said.
Officers accidental a K-9 serviceman conducted an enforcement halt connected a 2013 Hyundai Elantra for a postulation usurpation connected Wednesday astir 4 p.m. northbound I-5, northbound of Nees Avenue successful Merced County with the postulation violations being observed successful Fresno County.
CHP says the driver, identified arsenic Issac Abraham Sandoval Lopez, 36, of Portland, Oregon, was unlicensed. While conducting a conveyance inventory anterior to impounding the Hyundai, the serviceman located a integrative container connected the close rear rider level that contained respective packages of suspected crystal methamphetamine.
Two further suitcases and a backpack with respective packages of suspected crystal methamphetamine and 3 packages of chartless narcotics were besides discovered, officers say.
CHP says the halt ended successful the seizure of astir 262 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, 5 pounds of fentanyl powder, and 2 pounds of heroin. The drugs had an estimated thoroughfare worth of $2,669,520. Lopez was arrested arsenic a result, and the lawsuit was turned implicit to the Fresno High Impact Investigation Team (HIIT).
