The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) Border Strike Force seized 224.9 pounds of methamphetamine and one pound of fentanyl during three operations last week.
Governor Doug Ducey announced the huge drug seizure during a press conference on Monday.
According to Ducey, a DPS Border Strike Force trooper arrested Roberto Cervantes. The trooper sequestered 52 pounds on methamphetamine from him on September 8. Cervantes is a resident of Rio Rico, Arizona.
On September 12, a second DPS Border Strike Force trooper apprehended Guillermo J. Parada of Phoenix, Arizona. The trooper seized 122.9 pounds of methaphetamine from him.
On September 13, a third DPS Border Strike Force trooper arrested Martin G. Bogarin from Yuma, Arizona. The arrest happened in Interstate 8 in Yuma County. The trooper seized 50 pounds of methamphetamine and one pound of fentanyl from Bogarin.
The troopers transferred all three suspects to the respestive county jails. They booked them for possession of dangerous drug for sale and transportation of a dangerous drug for sale.
