{"id":300977,"date":"2026-05-05T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/300977\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:03:10","slug":"fresno-county-authorities-seize-40-pounds-of-meth-and-cash-during-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/300977\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Authorities Seize 40 Pounds of Meth and Cash During Traffic Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A traffic stop on Interstate 5 over the weekend resulted in the seizure of 40 pounds of methamphetamine and the arrest of the driver, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>A Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s deputy pulled over a vehicle for a traffic violation east of Coalinga on Saturday afternoon. During the interaction with the driver, a sheriff\u2019s K-9 named Willow alerted her handler to the odor of narcotics, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>A search of the vehicle uncovered the 40 pounds of methamphetamine along with thousands of dollars in cash.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The driver was arrested and booked into jail on charges related to narcotics possession and intent to sell narcotics.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect\u2019s name is being withheld at this time as the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office is urging anyone with information regarding illegal drug activity to contact its Narcotics Hotline anonymously at 1-800-660-1086 or by email at <a href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/2026\/05\/05\/fresno-county-authorities-seize-40-pounds-of-meth-and-cash-during-traffic-stop\/mailto:drugtip@fresnosheriff.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drugtip@fresnosheriff.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867 or through www.valleycrimestoppers.org, where tipsters may be eligible for a cash reward.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A traffic stop on Interstate 5 over the weekend resulted in the seizure of 40 pounds of methamphetamine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-300977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}