El Paso constable stops Humvee carrying 6 kilos of fentanyl pills
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Jun 4, 2024 / 03:49 PM CDT
Updated: Jun 5, 2024 / 08:55 AM CDT
FBI leans of drug buy at Lower Valley apartment; Border Patrol canine finds pills stashed inside vehicle
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – An Arizona man and an El Paso woman are facing federal drug charges after a county constable stopped a vehicle in the Lower Valley carrying more than 6 kilograms of illegal fentanyl pills.
Thursday’s arrest of Gael Alejandro Carranza Gutierrez and Leslie Hernandez came after a confidential source alerted the FBI to a major drug buy taking place that day.
A criminal complaint filed June 3 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas alleges the agents learned Carranza would be transporting fentanyl from Arizona to an apartment on the 600 block of North Carolina Drive in El Paso prior to the buy. The FBI and local law enforcement set up surveillance in the area and followed a yellow Humvee with Texas license plates that left the apartment complex parking lot.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/el-paso-constable-stops-humvee-carrying-6-kilos-of-fentanyl-pills/
