It was another routine traffic stop that turned into more than police bargained for on Saturday.Saturday afternoon, shortly after 2pm a DPS trooper stopped a 2012 Nissan Altma that was traveling on I-40. During the stop the officer searched the vehicle and found six pounds of heroin hidden inside a side rocker panel.  The estimated value of the drug is over a million dollars.

27-year-old Roberto Carrillo Beltran of California was arrested and booked into Carson County for possession of a controlled substance.

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