FBI, ICE partner with Jeffco Sheriff's Office to arrest 1 for narcotics, speeding, immigration
DENVER (KDVR) — Jefferson County Sheriff's Office deputies stopped a speeding motorist Sunday night near Interstate 70 and Harlan Street on Sunday, ultimately seizing thousands of fentanyl pills and arresting the driver, who was turned over to federal officials.
The sheriff's office said that deputies stopped a black Ford Explorer at about 10:25 p.m. on April 28 because it was speeding. Deputies also conducted a narcotics investigation on the vehicle, according to a post on X by the agency, and brought in a K-9 to assist.
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K-9 Anton gave a positive alert for narcotics in the SUV's rear hatch, and officers found in total 4.9 kilograms of fentanyl, or about 50,000 pills that would have a street value of about $1 million.
'We took the suspect into custody and turned him over to our federal partners,' the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office reported on X.
FBI Denver noted that it was also part of the arrest and identified the man arrested as Dario Perez Quintero, of Mexico. The federal agency said that he was wanted in Mexico on sexual assault charges and was not authorized to be residing in Colorado.
An FBI strike force team, which included Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations division, allegedly tracked Quintero to Evergreen. There, federal and local partners apprehended him.
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