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ST. GEORGE — A tip and a routine site visitors cease just lately resulted in a really giant drug bust in southern Utah.
Jazmin Tentory-Ortega, 27, was charged Monday in fifth District Court docket with drug possession with intent to distribute, a second-degree felony, and 4 site visitors infractions.
On Friday, St. George police acquired a tip of a car about to move by the realm “transporting a big quantity of narcotics,” in keeping with a police reserving affidavit. Officers arrange alongside I-15 close to the state line and later noticed the car with a Texas license plate.
The motive force rapidly slowed her automotive upon seeing the officers, who then adopted her. Officers pulled her over after they stated they noticed a number of site visitors violations. A police Okay-9 was used to smell across the car and it indicated the doable presence of medication inside her automotive, the affidavit alleges.
Investigators reported discovering a duffle bag with 10 plastic wrapped packages inside. Roughly 108,000 fentanyl drugs weighing 24 kilos, with an estimated avenue worth of $1.6 million, have been seized from the plastic luggage, in keeping with the affidavit.
Tentory-Ortega advised officers she was touring from California to Denver and initially claimed she thought she was transporting Botox, however later admitted she believed it was doubtless medicine or money, the affidavit says.
Tentory-Ortega’s preliminary look in courtroom is scheduled for Thursday.
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