The Gila County Sheriffâs Office made two massive drug busts in Payson last week, seizing more than $3.75 million worth of fentanyl pills.
Both stops occurred on Feb. 11 and resulted in the arrests of three men, all from Phoenix, according to press releases from the GCSO.
The first incident started around 6 p.m. on State Route 87 and Bonita Street, where a Gila County Drug, Gang, and Violent Crimes Task Force deputy attempted to stop a vehicle on a routine traffic stop.
The vehicle fled and reportedly attempted to evade law enforcement, fleeing to the area behind Bashasâ where the vehicle stopped and deputies arrested one man. A second man fled, hiding in the wooded area north of the shopping center.