The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized over 11 pounds of methamphetamine Saturday after a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle in Carson County.
At approximately 12:24 p.m., a DPS trooper stopped a 2013 Honda Civic traveling east on IH-40 near Conway, for a traffic violation. A DPS canine unit was called and alerted on the vehicle. The trooper then discovered several tape-wrapped packages of methamphetamine inside the spare tire. The drugs are valued at approximately $984,000.
The driver, Carmalia Bautista, 29, of Corcoran, Calif., was arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. Bautista was transported and booked into the Carson County jail.
The drugs allegedly were being transported from California to Missouri.
(News release from the Texas DPS in Amarillo)
