LAKE STEVENS, Wash. — A large cache of drugs was recovered during a traffic stop in Lake Stevens on Tuesday.
A Lake Stevens officer initially pulled a driver over and arrested them for suspicion of DUI.
Officers later obtained a warrant to search the suspect’s car and found a variety of drugs, according to the police department.
That included about 4 pounds of methamphetamine, 9.1 ounces of heroin, 13.14 ounces of what was suspected to be fentanyl, and 34.02 ounces of what are known as “blues” — blue counterfeit M-30 oxycodone pills that are commonly laced with fentanyl.
Police said the estimated street value of the drugs is $282,100.
Just over $28,000 in cash was seized as well.
The driver was booked into jail on multiple charges.
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