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- A cache of methamphetamine, with a street value of nearly $2 million, stashed inside a gas tank was intercepted by police in Texas, cops say
- According to the Round Rock Police Department, an officer was conducting a traffic stop May 5 on Interstate 35
- The department says that after further inspecting, the drugs, totaling 71 pounds, were found in a modified gas tank
A cache of methamphetamine, with a street value of nearly $2 million, stashed inside a gas tank was intercepted by police in Texas, officials say.
According to the Round Rock Police Department, an officer was conducting a traffic stop May 5 on Interstate 35.
After allegedly receiving conflicting stories from a Honda Accord’s occupants and having a K-9-sniffing dog giving a positive alert, the officer grew suspicious.
The department says that after further inspecting, the drugs, totaling 71 pounds, were found in a modified gas tank.
Police arrested Nathan Leon Fields, 36, of Theodore, Alabama, who was charged with Manufacture or Delivery of a Controlled Substance.
His bond was set at $70,000, according to police
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It was not immediately known if Fields retained an attorney to comment on the charges.
Field’s passenger was not charged.
