Utah
2 arrested after southern Utah traffic stop yields estimated $2M in fentanyl
Police say they discovered 60,000 fentanyl capsules with a road worth of greater than $2 million throughout a visitors cease in southern Utah on Wednesday. (Novikov Aleksey, Shutterstock)
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WASHINGTON, Washington County — Police on Wednesday say they discovered 60,000 fentanyl capsules throughout a visitors cease in southern Utah.
A Washington County sheriff’s deputy stopped a Chevy Impala as a result of it was in violation of window tint restrictions and didn’t sign whereas altering lanes. The incident occurred on northbound I-15 in Washington about 11:40 p.m., police stated.
The deputy deployed a Ok-9 to go looking the automobile, and the canine indicated there have been medication inside, in keeping with a press release from the sheriff’s workplace.
Police say they discovered a greenback invoice containing “suspected” cocaine within the glove field of the Impala, and 82 particular person packages that every had an estimated 1,000 fentanyl capsules within the trunk of the automobile, in keeping with a police reserving affidavit.
The capsules have an estimated road worth of greater than $2 million, police stated.
Rigoberto Beltran Garibay, 19, who police say was driving the automobile, declined to talk to officers, courtroom paperwork state. Police stated he didn’t have an ID from any state within the U.S. however had Mexican identification.
A passenger within the automobile, Karen Yvonne Alvarez, 39, of Colorado, additionally declined to talk with officers.
Garibay and Alvarez have been each booked into Purgatory Correctional Facility for investigation of drug distribution. Detectives requested that they be held with out bail to forestall them from leaving Utah, as they don’t reside within the state.