CARSON COUNTY – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized more than 13 pounds of suspected fentanyl after a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle in Carson County.
Tuesday, March 5, at approximately 9:20 a.m., a DPS Trooper stopped a 2023 Nissan Rogue traveling east on I-40 near Conway for a traffic violation. During the stop, the Trooper found three plastic zip-locked bags of blue pills believed to be fentanyl in a duffle bag located in the rear seat.
DPS Special Agents and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents were contacted and assisted with the investigation. DEA Special Agents adopted the case.
The driver, Jesus Meraz-Hernandez, 32, of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., was arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and transported and booked into the Randall County Jail.
The drugs were reportedly being transported from Los Angeles, Calif., to an unknown destination.
