ABILENE -- An Ohio woman was arrested after more than five pounds of fentanyl was found in her car during a traffic stop on Interstate 70 (I-70) last week.
The Dickinson County Sheriff's Office reported Monday that on Wednesday morning, a member of the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office Drug Enforcement Unit conducted a stop for numerous traffic violations on a passenger car at mile marker 274 on I-70. During the stop, the deputy became suspicious of criminal activity and the sheriff's office K-9 was deployed. According to a release from the sheriff's office, 5.2 pounds of fentanyl was located in the car.
The driver, Latoya Walker, 39, of Dublin, Ohio, was arrested on requested narcotics-related charges for trafficking fentanyl.
The sheriff's office reminds the public that fentanyl can be lethal in extremely small doses. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 80-100 times stronger than morphine, and has been responsible for thousands of deaths across the United States, the sheriff's office noted.