{"id":302553,"date":"2026-05-06T13:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/302553\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:15:27","slug":"the-fresno-county-sheriff-coroners-office-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/302553\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner&#8217;s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday afternoon, a Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s deputy working patrol conducted a traffic stop for a violation on Interstate 5, east of Coalinga.<\/p>\n<p>During the deputy\u2019s interaction with the driver, K-9 Willow alerted his handler to the odor of narcotics. \u00a0The deputy later discovered 40 pounds of methamphetamine and thousands of dollars in cash inside the vehicle. \u00a0The deputy arrested the driver. \u00a0He was booked into jail on charges related to narcotics possession and intent to sell narcotics.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>This remains an ongoing investigation. \u00a0The suspect\u2019s name is not available for release at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff\u2019s Office takes all tips seriously. If you are aware of any type of illegal drug activity, report it anonymously by calling the Narcotics Hotline at 1-800-660-1086 or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.\u00a0 You may also contact Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleycrimestoppers.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.valleycrimestoppers.org<\/a>\u00a0 You will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Narcotics Traffic Stop.jpg\" alt=\"Drugs and Cash Seized\" width=\"572\" height=\"530\" loading=\"lazy\" data-path=\"local-images:\/2026\/05\/Narcotics Traffic Stop.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nDrugs and Cash Seized&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday afternoon, a Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s deputy working patrol conducted a traffic stop for a violation on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-302553","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\/302553","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=302553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}