{"id":350314,"date":"2026-07-23T20:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350314\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:29:13","slug":"police-dog-k9-venom-sniffs-out-100-grams-of-hidden-meth-during-florida-stop-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/350314\/","title":{"rendered":"Police dog K9 Venom sniffs out 100 grams of hidden meth during Florida stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Cape Coral methamphetamine arrest unfolded early Tuesday morning following a routine traffic stop on Del Prado Boulevard South.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers discovered nearly 100 grams of suspected methamphetamine hidden inside a backpack after a police dog alerted to the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The driver was booked into the Lee County Jail on felony drug trafficking charges after evidence tied her to the illegal drugs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">CAPE CORAL, Fla. &#8211; A routine traffic stop on Del Prado Boulevard South escalated into a major drug bust early Tuesday morning when a Cape Coral police dog uncovered a backpack stuffed with methamphetamine inside a black Dodge Durango.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cape Coral Police Investigation<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Cape Coral police officer said they stopped a black Dodge Durango in the 3400 block of Del Prado Boulevard South around 1:39 a.m. Tuesday after spotting several traffic violations. A K9 handler and partner K9 Venom arrived to assist, and the police dog alerted officers to drugs inside the SUV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During a search of the vehicle, officers said they found a backpack containing four clear plastic baggies filled with a crystal substance. Preliminary testing confirmed the substance was methamphetamine, weighing a total of 97.8 grams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lee County Drug Arrest<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By the numbers<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators identified the driver and sole owner of the vehicle as 29-year-old Tara Michele Flore, born Aug. 28, 1996.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said that statements and evidence connected Flore directly to the contraband discovered inside the backpack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers arrested Flore and took her to the Lee County Jail. She faces a primary charge of trafficking in methamphetamine over 14 grams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Tara Michele Flore, 29, was booked into the Lee County Jail on a charge of trafficking in methamphetamine over 14 grams. Image is courtesy of the Cape Coral Police Department.&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/wtvt_fox_local_articles_521\/5d6b74baff0aa515b8e42c358036ff45.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tara Michele Flore, 29, was booked into the Lee County Jail on a charge of trafficking in methamphetamine over 14 grams. Image is courtesy of the Cape Coral Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Suspect Court Status<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we don&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities have not yet released whether Flore has retained legal representation or posted bail. Court appearance dates have not been publicly detailed by local officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The information in this story was gathered from the Cape Coral Police Department, which provided arrest details and vehicle search findings in an official department report.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A Cape Coral methamphetamine arrest unfolded early Tuesday morning following a routine traffic stop on Del&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,4469,116194,3509,105731],"class_list":["post-350314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-cape-coral-police-department","tag-del-prado-boulevard-south","tag-lee-county-jail","tag-police-dog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350314","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=350314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}