{"id":420143,"date":"2026-07-31T23:41:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/420143\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T23:41:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:41:31","slug":"2-arrested-after-i-5-stop-in-fresno-county-finds-2-5m-in-suspected-cocaine-chp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/420143\/","title":{"rendered":"2 arrested after I-5 stop in Fresno County finds $2.5M in suspected cocaine: CHP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Two people were arrested last weekend in Fresno County for allegedly possessing approximately $2.5 million worth of suspected cocaine in a vehicle on Interstate 5.<\/p>\n<p>California Highway Patrol said on July 26, 2026, Coalinga officers pulled over the driver of a 2019 Honda Ridgeline for a vehicle violation on the I-5.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo: California Highway Patrol (Facebook)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9f1b96f3-7f50-49d8-ac48-8e0038b09003-I5BUST.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: California Highway Patrol (Facebook)<\/p>\n<p>The officer noticed several indicators tied to criminal activity during the stop. In a search, 25 kilogram-sized packages were found, said officials. Testing confirmed that the packages contained cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>CHP estimates that the street value of the cocaine was approximately $2.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, the driver and passenger were arrested, and the suspected narcotics were turned over to the Fresno High Impact Investigations Team (HIIT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Two people were arrested last weekend in Fresno County for allegedly possessing approximately $2.5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-420143","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\/420143","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=420143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}