‘Huge win': Deputies find large quantity of illegal drugs after traffic stop
DELTA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – A traffic stop ended with three people in custody and the seizure of methamphetamine, fentanyl, ecstasy and carfentanil in Delta County.
The incident occurred around 9:13 p.m., Monday, when Delta County Sheriff's deputy Daniel Bradbury stopped a driver – who was allegedly swerving and having difficulty maintaining a lane of travel – near G-50 Road and U.S. Highway 50, west of Delta.
As Bradbury was contacting the driver, fellow deputy Devan Ruble and K9 Teg arrived on the scene to help. Teg did a free-air sniff of the vehicle and alerted the deputies to the presence of alleged narcotics in the car. The three occupants were asked to exit the vehicle, according to the Delta County Sheriff's Office.
A probable cause search of the car allegedly resulted in the discovery of:
Around 150 grams of fentanyl in pill form.
About 12 grams of ecstasy pills.
Approximately 454 grams of meth.
About 50 grams of fentanyl in powder form.
Around 21 grams of carfentanil.
The last narcotic is 'an extremely potent opioid' that is stronger than fentanyl and used as a sedative for elephants, the sheriff's office said.
The vehicle occupants – Montrose residents Junior Rosales-Blanco, 23, and Nakisha Ramirez, 27, and Manuel Sepulveda, 44, of Delta – were all arrested. They're charged with several drug-related felonies including possession and possession with the intent to distribute illegal narcotics.
'The Sheriff's Office is dedicated to aggressively investigate and prosecute illegal drug activity in Delta County and seizures of over 1500 fentanyl pills, 454 grams of meth as well as powdered forms of Fentanyl and Carfentanil is a huge win for the safety of kids and citizens in Delta County,' DCSO said in the news release.
The judge has set bonds for all three suspects:
Rosales-Blanco: $60,000 cash bond
Ramirez: $100,000 cash bond
Sepulveda: $80,000 cash bond
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