UHP troopers bust driver with 9 kilos of cocaine
Updated: 11/06/2009 5:06 pm | Published: 11/06/2009 4:44 pm
CEDAR CITY (ABC 4 News) - An alert Utah Highway Patrol trooper confiscated about 9 kilos of cocaine inside a van he pulled over for speeding on Thursday.
The Utah Highway Patrol says troopers pulled over a Silver Chrysler Town And Country van going northbound on I-15 near mile 49 near Cedar City for speeding 86 m.p.h. in a 75 m.p.h. zone.
The trooper noticed a marijuana smell coming from inside the van when he approached the vehicle and interviewed the driver and a passenger.
Both people admitted to having been smoking marijuana within the last couple of hours, according to the trooper, who received permission to search the van.
A drug-sniffing dog named "Neo" was also called in for the search, who detected drugs behind the plastic paneling of the right side rear quarter panel of the van where troopers discovered several kilo sized packages of cocaine.
A total of 9 kilo sized packages were found. A DEA agent and an SBI agent from the UHP did some follow up interviews of the driver and passenger.
Both people denied any knowledge of the cocaine.
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