{"id":434388,"date":"2026-08-16T07:16:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434388\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T07:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:16:40","slug":"california-drug-bust-seizes-over-800k-in-cocaine-at-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434388\/","title":{"rendered":"California drug bust seizes over $800K in cocaine at traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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California<\/a> authorities seized more than $800,000 worth of suspected cocaine during a traffic stop this week, officials said.<\/p>\n

The California Highway Patrol said a Central Division canine officer stopped a 2025 Honda CR-V in Merced County on Aug. 12 for an alleged traffic violation.<\/p>\n

During the stop, the officer identified “several indicators of possible criminal activity,” according to CHP.<\/p>\n

A subsequent search of the vehicle allegedly uncovered a bag containing approximately 30 pounds of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of $817,200, CHP said.<\/p>\n

TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED AFTER CRASHING THROUGH CAMP PENDLETON GATE WITH 112 POUNDS OF COCAINE AND FENTANYL<\/a><\/p>\n

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California Highway Patrol officers seized approximately 30 pounds of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of $817,200 during a traffic stop in Merced County. (California Highway Patrol)<\/p>\n

The driver was arrested and booked into the Merced County Main Jail on charges of possession of cocaine for sale and transportation of cocaine across non-contiguous counties, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

The Merced Area Gang Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) is handling the investigation.<\/p>\n

The seizure comes after federal authorities last month uncovered more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine<\/a> hidden beneath the floorboards of a commercial truck entering the U.S. from Mexico, marking one of the largest drug busts in Southern California this year.<\/p>\n

FEDS SEIZE $6.4M WORTH OF COCAINE ABOARD OIL TANKER AT PORT OF LOS ANGELES, ARREST SUSPECTED CARTEL SMUGGLER<\/a><\/p>\n

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A California Highway Patrol officer stopped a 2025 Honda CR-V for an alleged traffic violation before allegedly discovering $817,200 worth of suspected cocaine inside the vehicle. (California Highway Patrol)<\/p>\n

According to the Justice Department<\/a>, more than a half-ton of cocaine was discovered concealed in the floorboards of a truck and flatbed trailer at the Calexico Port of Entry along the California-Mexico border. Authorities estimated the cocaine had a street value exceeding $20 million.<\/p>\n

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) also announced last month that officers discovered more than $3.7 million worth of cocaine concealed in a shipment of cucumbers.<\/p>\n

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CHP said an officer discovered a bag containing approximately 30 pounds of suspected cocaine after searching an SUV during an Aug. 12 traffic stop. (California Highway Patrol)<\/p>\n

CBP officers at the Pharr International Bridge in Texas<\/a> discovered 112 packages inside a tractor-trailer after a canine inspection and nonintrusive imaging scan detected anomalies in the vehicle.<\/p>\n

The packages contained a total of 278.88 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $3,723,654, according to CBP.<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital’s Leo Briceno contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California authorities seized more than $800,000 worth of suspected cocaine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,723,2781,6492,10625],"class_list":["post-434388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-crime","tag-drugs","tag-investigations","tag-police-and-law-enforcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434388","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=434388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}