AMARILLO: The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) conducted a traffic stop on IH-40, yielding over 15 pounds of methamphetamine valued at over $1,340,000.
A DPS trooper conducted a traffic stop on a 2007 Toyota Tundra traveling eastbound on IH-40, for a traffic violation, near Bushland in Potter County.
The occupants of the Tundra were identified as Grabel Gonzalez, 57, of San Diego, and Julio Gabriel Gonzalez, 19, of Spring Valley, Calif. During the traffic stop, the trooper discovered eight bundles of methamphetamine in the rear quarter panel.
Both 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 Diego, to Memphis, Tenn.
