FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. — 45 pounds of cocaine and 107 pounds of fentanyl were found during a traffic stop in Fresno County, police said.
The California Highway Patrol said an officer pulled over a 2013 Toyota Camry for a traffic violation on Sept. 8. The traffic stop happened along Interstate 5 at Shields Avenue.
Police suspected the driver was involved in criminal activity, searched the Camry and found a large truck tire in the trunk that was suspected to have narcotics.
According to police, they found 107 pounds of fentanyl-laced pills, which were disguised as Oxycodone, in the tire and 45 pounds of cocaine in the trunk compartment.
The driver, 27-year-old Carlos Jordan Lopez of Washington, was arrested and booked into jail on drug-related charges.
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