I-40 Traffic Stop Yields 8 Pounds Of Meth
The DPS conducted a traffic stop Sunday on I-40 and found more than just a moving violation.
At around 4pm on Sunday a DPS trooper pulled over a 2007 Saturn Ion traveling east on I-40 near Groom in Carson County. During the stop the trooper searched the vehicle and discovered seven bundle of methamphetamine inside.
The driver was David Vega-Morales, 31, from Arkansas. He was placed under arrest and booked into Carson County for possession of a controlled substance over 400 grams, a first degree felony.
The drugs were allegedly coming from Bakersfield, California to De Queen, Arkansas.