HOLBROOK — Two unrelated traffic stops just hours apart resulted in a combined drug seizure of almost $5 million June 22 in Navajo County.
The first incident included 124.1 pounds of methamphetamine, a record seizure for that drug for the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, according to an NCSO press release.
Also discovered by deputies during the 8:25 a.m. traffic stop on Interstate 40 near Sun Valley were 0.8 grams of ecstasy and a firearm.
The estimated street value for the drugs was just shy of $3 million. Henry Paxton, a 55-year-old Florida man, was arrested and booked into Navajo County Jail for numerous drug charges and a weapons offense.
Later, the Navajo County Criminal Interdiction Unit conducted a traffic stop on I-40 near Winslow and a search of the vehicle revealed nearly 78,000 M-30 fentanyl pills with an estimated street value close to $2 million.
Alejandro Garcia Gonzalez, 53, of California was arrested and booked into jail on numerous charges.
According to NCSO Public Information Officer Tori Gorman, on June 22, 2022, at approximately 8:25 a.m., deputies conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 40 milepost 297, eastbound, near Sun Valley for several traffic infractions. As the investigation into the traffic stop was conducted, Deputies became suspicious of criminal activity. K-9 Kilo was deployed to perform a free air sniff of the vehicle. Kilo had a positive alert on the vehicle and a search revealed 124.1pounds of Methamphetamine, .8 grams of Ecstasy, and a firearm.
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How proud we all can be that the yellow bellied DA's put these fent mules back on the street the next day.
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