Troopers find 2 lbs of heroin hidden in car's trunk
CANYONVILLE, Ore. - Troopers found 2 pounds of heroin in the trunk of a speeding car on Interstate 5 last Saturday and arrested the two men in the car, Oregon State Police said.
The find led detectives to make another arrest in Newberg.
The investigation started Sept. 1 just after 7 a.m. when a trooper stopped a 2004 Chevrolet Impala with Washington plates on I-5 northbound for a speed violation.
A drug dog led troopers to find 2 pounds of heroin hidden in the car's trunk. State police estimate the value of the heroin at $70,000.
Police took both the driver and his passenger - Victor Hugo Barragan Alcazar, 18, and Armando Giovani Valencia, 18, both from Vancouver, Wash. - into custody on charges of Unlawful Possession and Distribution of Heroin.
They were later cited and released to appear at a future date on the charges in Douglas County Circuit Court.
The investigation led state police drug detectives to Newberg, where they arrested Enrique Botello Sanchez, 31, of Vancouver, Wash., on Sunday, Sept. 2, for an outstanding Fail to Appear Warrant (DUII, Resisting Arrest).
Police said charges are pending against Sanchez related to the heroin found in the car.
OSP in southern Oregon, doing another good job. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it just might be a duck.
Seriously? Thatâs heroin? It looks more like rocks, gravel and dirt to me..... Guess my ignorance is showing. I was envisioning white powdery stuff...... Â Â
 @angelgabe That's what I was thinking. =/
@PleaseBeSmart @angelgabe Maybe this is the stuff that kills faster. Wouldn't want to be anywhere near that.Â
Every car traveling on I-5 with Washington license plates and Mexicans inside should be stopped. Maybe we would put a little dent in the drug trafficking.
 @Mara688Â
Then the drug dealers will just hire drivers of differing ethnicity. So, might as well just stop everyone.
 @Mara688 profiling works and it cuts down on waste or is that wasted people