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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.

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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.

About 126 pounds of drugs were seized from a semitruck in Lewis County on April 26, 2018. Centralia Police Department Courtesy



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Truck hauling Starbucks products on I-5 also had 126 pounds of meth, police say

BY LAUREN SMITH
lsmith@theolympian.com

April 27, 2018 12:56 PM
Updated April 27, 2018 04:49 PM

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.

The K-9 alerted authorities that it was carrying much more.

A search of the truck's interior discovered 40 bundles of meth in a television box on the top bunk of the truck's sleeper berth.

Under the mattress on the lower bunk, an additional 50 bundles of meth were found, along with 2.4 pounds of suspected heroin, thousands of 30 milligram Oxycodone pills, and a few grams of cocaine.A weighted total of 126 pounds of meth was found in the truck.

The driver, a 22-year-old man from Mexico, and passenger, a 62-year-old man from Fontana, California, were booked into Lewis County Jail on multiple drug charges.

None of the contraband was found in the trailer, and none of the Starbucks products were exposed or compromised, the release says.

The owners of those products made arrangements to retrieve them. The products were transferred to another truck, which continued to Spokane.

The Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team includes detectives from the Centralia and Chehalis police departments, Lewis County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington State Department of Corrections.

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