A routine traffic stop by the Wyoming Highway Patrol netted more than 80 pounds of marijuana and put three in jail Monday.
Troopers initially stopped the vehicle heading eastbound on Interstate 80 in Albany County approximately 7 miles east of Laramie on Monday for speeding.
After using a drug detection K-9, troopers discovered marijuana, a small amount of methamphetamine and a 9-mm handgun.
The driver and two passengers were arrested. Alexis Rosa, 31, Ceroa, Ariz.; was charged with felony-possession of a controlled substance, delivery of a controlled substance, speeding and no drivers license, according to the Albany County Detention Center.
Santos Hernandez-Martinez, 37, Arbin, Calif.; was charged with felony possession and delivery. Barraza Nareja, 29, Vaca Ville, Calif.; was charged with two counts of felony possession and one count of delivery.
The drugs seized were destined for delivery out of state and the case remains under investigation.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol made multiple drug seizures in the past couple of weeks of marijuana, methamphetamine, oxycodone and hydrocodone tablets. All of the seizures resulted after drivers were stopped for speeding.
On Aug. 26, the Highway Patrol stopped a driver for speeding on I-80 about 19 miles east of Cheyenne. A trooper deployed his drug detection K-9, which led to the seizure of approximately 4 pounds of marijuana, which was discovered in the trunk of the vehicle.
The discovery resulted in the arrest of the driver and a passenger who have been charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and felony possession with intent to deliver.
In a separate traffic stop on Monday, approximately 7 miles north of Green River on Wyoming Highway 28, four people were arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance and felony possession with intent to deliver after the vehicle was stopped for a speeding violation.
Troopers discovered 160 tablets of oxycodone and hydrocodone along with a quarter-pound of methamphetamine in the vehicle after a Highway Patrol drug detection K-9 was alerted to the presence of drugs. A .357 handgun was also found in the vehicle.
The driver also was charged with driving on a suspended driver's license.
Troopers were assisted with follow up investigation by Special Agents with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation in all of the aforementioned stops. The tablets and methamphetamine seized in the Sweetwater County stop were destined for the Riverton area.
DCI Agents have made an additional five arrests in the Riverton area as a result of follow up investigation from this traffic stop.
Wyoming Highway Patrol K-9's are trained to detect narcotics and are used to conduct drug sniffs of vehicles to locate narcotics being transported from one location to another.
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