Traffic stop on Interstate 5 nets 200,000 fentanyl pills on Monday, WA cops say
An Interstate 5 traffic stop over the weekend resulted in detectives finding 200,000 fentanyl pills hidden inside the vehicle, Centralia Police said Monday.
About 9 p.m. Saturday, a Centralia police officer stopped the driver of a vehicle on I-5 after the driver failed to maintain his lane of travel.
Suspicious about the driver, a K9 was called to the scene and the dog alerted police to the presence of narcotics, according to a news release.
The vehicle was then seized and subsequently searched on Monday by Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team detectives from the Centralia and Chehalis police departments and the state Department of Corrections.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug 50 times more potent than heroin, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
This story was originally published June 12, 2023 at 9:05 PM.
