{"id":374754,"date":"2026-06-25T18:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374754\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T18:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:56:12","slug":"fresno-county-authorities-seize-11-pounds-of-cocaine-during-i-5-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/374754\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Authorities Seize 11 Pounds of Cocaine During I-5 Traffic Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s deputy seized 11 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop on Interstate 5 west of Firebaugh, authorities said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office, a deputy conducting patrol made a traffic stop for a vehicle code violation and contacted the driver. During a search of the vehicle, the deputy discovered 11 pounds of cocaine packaged for sale.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was arrested and booked into jail on charges related to narcotics possession and possession with intent to sell, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/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>Authorities said the investigation remains ongoing and the suspect\u2019s name was not immediately available for release.<\/p>\n<p>Got a Tip?<\/p>\n<p>The Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office is asking anyone with information about illegal drug activity to contact its Narcotics Hotline at 1 (800) 660-1086 or email <a href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/2026\/06\/25\/fresno-county-authorities-seize-11-pounds-of-cocaine-during-i-5-traffic-stop\/mailto:drugtip@fresnosheriff.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drugtip@fresnosheriff.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous tips can also be submitted through Valley Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867 or online at <a href=\"http:\/\/valleycrimestoppers.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">valleycrimestoppers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a cash reward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s deputy seized 11 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop on Interstate 5 west&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-374754","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\/374754","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=374754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}