The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized over $1.39 million in illegal drugs last Thursday.
At approximately 11:24 a.m., a DPS trooper stopped a 2007 Chrysler Pacifica for a traffic violation on IH-40 near Conway, in Carson County. During the traffic stop, the trooper conducted a search of the vehicle and discovered several cellophane-wrapped packages of methamphetamine inside the fender wells. The methamphetamine weighed over 16 pounds.
The occupants of the Chrysler were identified as Mario Jesus Perez-Sanchez, 28, and Misael Ramon Meneses-Lozano, 30, both of Springdale, Mo. Perez-Sanchez and Meneses-Lozano were arrested, booked into the Carson County jail and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance.
The illegal drugs were allegedly being transported from Arizona to Springdale, Mo.
(News release from the Texas DPS, Amarillo District)