May 14, 2024 – Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials report that on May 8, 2024, a deputy with our Highway Interdiction Team, pulled over a vehicle for violating a California Vehicle Code. When the deputy approached the driver, he noticed that the driver seemed nervous.

After talking for a few minutes, the driver admitted to having narcotics in the trunk of the car. Upon searching the trunk, the deputy found 85 pounds of "M30" fentanyl pills, which amounted to approximately 390,000 pills, concealed in a trash bag. The driver was taken into custody and booked into jail.

Source & photos: Orange County Sheriff’s Department