Variety of drugs, including more than 200 fentanyl pills, seized in El Paso Co. traffic stop
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says they seized a variety of different drugs, including deadly fentanyl, in a traffic stop on Sunday night.
Deputies say they pulled over a car and saw a piece of foil with burnt residue in plain view.
In a search of the car, deputies say they found baggies of drugs, a scale, a ledger, and cash.
The passenger, 24-year-old Keri Shay, allegedly had a gun in her waistband even though she is a convicted felon. Deputies also say she had fentanyl pills and other paraphernalia. EPSO says they found crack cocaine on the driver, 26-year-old Juan Gonzales-Gomez.
In total, deputies say they found more than 200 fentanyl pills, Xanax pills, crack cocaine, PCP, methamphetamine, heroin, and $5,800 in cash.
The sheriff's office says Gonzales-Gomez is being held on a $50,000 bond and was charged with:
- Speed Limits (10–19 mph over)
- Special Offender
- Unlawful Distribution, Manufacturing, Dispensing, or Sale
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Introducing Contraband in the Second Degree
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
The sheriff's office says Shay is being held on a $50,000 bond and was charged with:
- Special Offender
- Unlawful Distribution, Manufacturing, Dispensing, or Sale
- Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Tampering with Physical Evidence
- Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
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