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Two Calgary men and a former WHL player from Airdrie are embroiled in what is being billed as the largest meth bust in Utah history.

Kyle Carson Taylor, 19, and Caicedo Ramirez Santiago, 20, both of Calgary, are in U.S. custody along with Brennan Carter Tutt, 24, of Airdrie.

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They were taken into custody by Utah highway patrol officers on Monday near Provo, south of Salt Lake City.

According to authorities, a trooper pulled the vehicle over on Interstate 15 after observing several traffic violations.

The Utah Daily Herald reports the men appeared nervous, “forcing smiles and breathing heavily and irregularly.”

Diesel, a K-9 dog, sniffed out a massive cache of drugs — some 236 pounds of methamphetamine — wrapped in plastic bundles and freezer-size Ziploc bags, stuffed inside boxes and suitcases. They also found steroids and $66,000 in cash.

The meth, according to the St. George News in Utah, is estimated to have a wholesale U.S. value of $1.5 million and a street value between $7 and $15 million.

St. George News reports the men were booked into Utah County Jail on suspicion of drug distribution and were charged Tuesday in U.S. District court with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

The 24-year-old Tutt had a brief junior hockey career, playing 42 games across four leagues — including a four-game stint with the Calgary Canucks in the 2011-12 season and a spell in the WHL in 2009-10, with the Seattle Thunderbirds.

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