50 pounds of meth seized in Lewis County


BY ABBY SPEGMAN


May 10, 2018 09:01 AM
Updated May 10, 2018 09:01 AM

Police say a traffic stop on Interstate 5 in Lewis County led to the seizure of 50 pounds of methamphetamine Wednesday.
Authorities stopped a truck with Oregon license plates near Napavine as part of a narcotics investigation, according to a news release from Lewis County’s Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team.
They searched the truck with a K-9 and found 1 pound of methamphetamine under the driver’s seat and 44 bundles of methamphetamine in the box of the truck.


The driver, a 25-year-old man from Portland, was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail, accused of drug trafficking charges.

This is the third major bust in Lewis County in two weeks.
Three men were arrested last week in Chehalis after authorities found more than 25 pounds of methamphetamine and heroin during a vehicle search.
Late last month, authorities seized 126 pounds of METHmethamphetamine andThis is the third major bust in Lewis County in two weeks.
Three men were arrested last week in Chehalis after authorities found more than 25 pounds of About 126 pounds of methamphetamine and other drugs were seized from a semitruck traveling on Interstate 5 through Lewis County on Thursday, according to the Centralia Police Department.

During a traffic stop on northbound I-5 just north of Centralia, the driver and passenger of the blue Freightliner tractor and refrigerator trailer began acting suspicious, the police news release says.
Detectives from the Joint Narcotic Enforcement Team and Lewis County Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Team who stopped the truck near the Thurston-Lewis county line requested a narcotic-specific K-9 unit.
The truck, which had California license plates, was hauling Starbucks products to Spokane, the release says.

Abby Spegman: 360-704-6869, @AbbySpegman
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