TEXAS: The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) conducted a traffic stop IH-40, yielding over 15 pounds of methamphetamine valued at over $1,332,000.
A DPS trooper conducted a traffic stop on a 2014 Ford Focus traveling eastbound on IH-40, for a traffic violation, near Amarillo in Potter County.
The occupants of the Focus were identified as Maria Fonseca, 44, Laura Vea, 26, and Mayra Duran, 24, all of San Bernardino, Calif. During the traffic stop, the trooper discovered six bundles of methamphetamine in the spare tire.
All three occupants were placed under arrest for possession of a controlled substance over 400 grams, a first-degree felony, and booked into the Potter County Jail. The illegal drugs were allegedly being transported from San Bernardino, Calif., to Amarillo, Texas.
