Million-dollar meth and coke bust on I-10 West with not so cleverly hidden drugs

Just before 10 a.m. Thursday investigators in Fayette County uncovered just over a million dollars’ worth of cocaine and crystal methamphetamines hidden inside a vehicle during a traffic stop. According to investigators two and half pounds of cocaine were found on the rear passenger seat and in the trunk five torque converters were found, containing a total of 28 pounds of meth inside them. The street value was set at $1.3 million dollars. Two suspects in the vehicle were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance. less Just before 10 a.m. Thursday investigators in Fayette County uncovered just over a million dollars’ worth of cocaine and crystal methamphetamines hidden inside a vehicle during a traffic stop. According to ... more Photo: Fayette County Sheriff's Office Photo: Fayette County Sheriff's Office Image 1 of / 44 Caption Close Million-dollar meth and coke bust on I-10 West with not so cleverly hidden drugs 1 / 44 Back to Gallery

Law enforcement in Fayette County, just between Houston and Austin, are used to making big drug busts off I-10 West.

A routine traffic stop in Fayette County for a traffic violation near mile marker 658 on I-10 West on Thursday morning saw investigators make a million-dollar drug bust.

Just before 10 a.m. the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Canine Unit uncovered just over a million dollars’ worth of cocaine and crystal methamphetamines hidden inside a vehicle.

According to investigators two and half pounds of cocaine were found on the rear passenger seat and in the trunk five torque converters were found, containing 28 pounds of meth inside them. The street value was set at $1.3 million dollars.

The two men in the vehicle, Justin Tyler Price, 24, and Fidencio Fernandez, 39, (both of Del Rio) were each charged with possession of a controlled substance.

It’s no big deal to see the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Canine Unit and drug-sniffing K-9 Lobo on the side of the road searching for the green stuff from the inside of a vehicle big or small.

In late January, deputies found 1,495 pounds of marijuana inside a truck’s vacuum tank inside black bundles. The vacuum tank was used to service portable toilets. Deputies said it smelled exactly as one would expect.

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This week was the first time in recent memory, though, that they have found drugs inside torque converters.

Bond has been set at $200,000 for both suspects.