More than 200 pounds of heroin worth $11MILLION disguised as skin cream is found by a K-9 in a tractor trailer pulled over for speeding as it headed for the Canadian border
- A tractor trailor was stopped for speeding on Thursday morning in Victorville, the California Highway Patrol says
- Authorities used a K9 to sniff the tractor trailer
- Drugs were found inside the rear of the trailer mixed with the load
- They were packed in boxes marked with labels indicating they contained skin-care cream
More than 200 pounds of heroin worth about $11million were discovered by police in California in a tractor trailer they pulled over for speeding.
The truck was stopped Thursday morning in the high desert city of Victorville, about 80 miles from Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol tells KABC-TV.
Authorities believe the truck was headed to Canada.
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More than 200 pounds of heroin worth about $11million were discovered by police in California in a tractor trailer they pulled over for speeding
The truck was stopped Thursday morning in the high desert city of Victorville, about 80 miles from Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol says
Cops explained that 'criminal indicators' led them to believe there was more going on than just a truck driver heading to Canada
Officer Robert Mendenhall told Victor Valley News that he stopped the tractor trailer for speeding around 8am Thursday.
He said: 'Subsequently, I pulled out my K-9, sniffed the exterior of the tractor trailer.
'The dog alerted, the dog also then alerted inside the trailer.
Officer Robert Mendenhall told Victor Valley News that he stopped the tractor trailer for speeding around 8am Thursday
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'We then located a large quantity of narcotics inside the rear of the trailer mixed in with the load.'
The drugs were packed in boxes marked with labels indicating they contained skin-care cream.
The driver was arrested for investigation of possession and transportation of narcotics
Authorities believe the truck was headed to Canada. The truck is pictured here
The driver was arrested for investigation of possession and transportation of narcotics.
Mendenhall told Victor Valley News: 'The story and his nervousness brought on the attention - that there's something going on here.
'What we call his criminal indicators led us to believe that there's more going on here than just a truck driver heading to Canada.'
He said: 'I've been highway patrol for 29 years, and this is my largest seizure of heroin, so this is rare, having this much.'
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