The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized more than four pounds of methamphetamine Tuesday after a Texas Highway Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle in Carson County.
At approximately 9:51 a.m., a DPS trooper stopped a Honda passenger car traveling east on IH-40 near Conway, for a traffic violation. The trooper then discovered four plastic-wrapped packages of methamphetamine inside a trash bag located in the car. The drugs are valued at approximately $348,000.
The driver, Candy Crandall, 45, of Fort Smith, Ark., was arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. Crandall was transported and booked into the Carson County jail.
The illegal drugs were allegedly being transported from Flagstaff, Ariz. to Fort Smith, Ark.
(Press release from Texas Department of Public Safety)
