{"id":348891,"date":"2026-07-22T18:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/348891\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:59:09","slug":"cape-coral-police-k9-sniffs-out-nearly-100-grams-of-methamphetamine-during-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/348891\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral Police K9 Sniffs Out Nearly 100 Grams of Methamphetamine During Traffic Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/News-Release-Header-NEW-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAPE CORAL, FL \u2014 On July 21, 2026, at approximately 1:39 AM, a Cape Coral Police Department officer conducted a routine traffic stop in the 3400 block of Del Prado Boulevard South after observing multiple traffic infractions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the stop, a K9 Officer and his partner, K9 Venom, arrived on scene to assist. K9 Venom conducted a sniff around the vehicle, a black Dodge Durango, and alerted to the possible presence of narcotics inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A subsequent search of the vehicle uncovered a backpack containing four separate clear plastic baggies filled with a crystal-like substance. A preliminary test confirmed the substance to be methamphetamine, with a total weight of 97.8 grams\u2014a substantial amount well above trafficking thresholds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation determined the driver and sole owner of the vehicle, Tara Michele Flore (DOB: 08\/28\/1996), was arrested after evidence and statements connected her to the illegal contents.<\/p>\n<p>Flore was taken to the Lee County Jail and booked for the following charges:<\/p>\n<p>Trafficking in Methamphetamine over 14 Grams (F.S.S. 893.135(1f1))<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NR-Mugshot-Template.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1640\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_4069-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" title=\"\" role=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAPE CORAL, FL \u2014 On July 21, 2026, at approximately 1:39 AM, a Cape Coral Police Department officer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-348891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}