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DPS traffic stop leads to narcotics seizure
Alice Echo News Journal
A 20-year-old Palmview man was arrested after a traffic stop by the Department of Public Safety troopers in Jim Wells County.
On Jan. 22, troopers conducted a stop on a white Chrysler Escalade traveling north on Highway 281 for a traffic violation and made contact with the driver Mario Villarreal. During the traffic stop seized 13 bundles of cocaine.
The search of the vehicle was conducted with the assistance from a K-9 who discovered the bundles wrapped in gray and black tape beneath the center console, valued at approximately $365,000, according to Sgt. Nathan Brandley.