Roadside CMV inspection reveals 14 individuals in scorching trailer, 26 kilos of fentanyl and cocaine
A truck driver was arrested in Arizona on greater than a dozen counts after a roadside inspection allegedly uncovered a human and drug smuggling try.
Thirty-year outdated Arizona-based truck driver Eduardo A. Hernandez faces costs of possession and transportation of a narcotic drug on the market, possession and transportation of a harmful drug on the market, and 14 counts of endangerment, in line with the Arizona Division of Public Security (DPS).
At 7:40 p.m. on Could 25, an Arizona trooper initiated a visitors cease on a tractor trailer on northbound I-19 in Sahuarita.
Whereas conducting a routine industrial car inspection, the trooper famous “a number of indicators of legal exercise.”
When the car was searched, 14 individuals have been found locked contained in the unrefrigerated trailer with a single bottle of water.
The excessive temperature on Could 25 was 95 levels, “placing the trailer’s occupants at critical threat of heat-related sickness,” Arizona DPS mentioned.
Police additionally discovered 14.25 kilos of fentanyl powder and 12.55 kilos of cocaine contained in the cab of the truck.
The individuals contained in the trailer obtained medical consideration earlier than they have been handed over to United States Border Patrol.
Hernandez was booked into the Pima County Jail.
