A traffic stop led to the discovery of 11 pounds of fentanyl hidden inside packages of carne asada, California authorities reported. A California Highway Patrol officer pulled over a vehicle on Interstate 5 in Fresno County on Oct. 3, according to a news release by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office.

More than a million dollars worth of fentanyl was discovered during two traffic stops in the Central Valley last week, including some hidden in carne asada. The first stop was on Oct. 3 in Fresno County,

During a traffic stop in Fresno County on Oct. 3, a drug-sniffing dog alerted his handler to narcotics inside of a cooler. Authorities found 11 pounds of fentanyl inside raw beef.

California Highway Patrol officers and K9s seized roughly $1.7 million worth of fentanyl during two traffic stops along the 5 Freeway last week, including a large shipment of the drug that had been concealed inside packages of carne asada,

California Highway Patrol officers arrested a Washington man last week after a canine officer alerted them to a large quantity of fentanyl hidden within packaging for carne asada beef. On Oct. 3, an officer pulled over a Ford Edge on the northbound 5 Freeway in Fresno County.