MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — A man is in custody after deputies found about 25,000 fentanyl pills during a traffic stop.
Mesa County Sheriff's Deputies stopped a vehicle near Mile Marker 10 on I-70 for a traffic violation on Thursday. During the stop, deputies reportedly found about 25,000 small pills consistent with fentanyl.
MCSO deputies then arrested 29-year-old Cesar Esai Rodriguez of California and booked him into the Mesa County Detention Facility.
WesternSlopeNow will follow this case as it heads to court.
