Eastland County Deputy seizes 15 pounds of drugs worth over half a million dollars [Video]

EASTLAND, Texas — An Eastland County Deputy seized 15 pounds of drugs during a traffic stop Wednesday.

According to police, deputies made a traffic stop on a vehicle that was speeding on IH-20 eastbound early Wednesday morning.

Deputy Colby Jackson conducted a search during the traffic stop and found that Shauna Madrid, of New Mexico had a hidden compartment in the floorboard of the vehicle she was driving.

That’s when police found 10 pounds of methamphetamine and five pounds of fentanyl, worth $577,000.

Madrid was taken to the Eastland County Jail for Manufacture/Delivery of a controlled substance.

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