Routine California traffic stop leads to seizure of 30 pounds of cocaine worth more than $800K

California authorities seized much than $800,000 worthy of suspected cocaine during a postulation halt this week, officials said.

The California Highway Patrol said a Central Division canine serviceman stopped a 2025 Honda CR-V successful Merced County connected Aug. 12 for an alleged postulation violation.

During the stop, the serviceman identified "several indicators of imaginable transgression activity," according to CHP.

A consequent hunt of the conveyance allegedly uncovered a container containing astir 30 pounds of suspected cocaine with an estimated thoroughfare worth of $817,200, CHP said.

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California Highway Patrol officers seized astir 30 pounds of suspected cocaine with an estimated thoroughfare worth of $817,200 during a postulation halt successful Merced County. (California Highway Patrol)

The operator was arrested and booked into the Merced County Main Jail connected charges of possession of cocaine for merchantability and proscription of cocaine crossed non-contiguous counties, according to authorities.

The Merced Area Gang Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET) is handling the investigation.

The seizure comes aft national authorities past period uncovered much than 1,000 pounds of cocaine hidden beneath the floorboards of a commercialized motortruck entering the U.S. from Mexico, marking 1 of the largest cause busts successful Southern California this year.

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A California Highway Patrol serviceman stopped a 2025 Honda CR-V for an alleged postulation usurpation earlier allegedly discovering $817,200 worthy of suspected cocaine wrong the vehicle. (California Highway Patrol)

According to the Justice Department, much than a half-ton of cocaine was discovered concealed successful the floorboards of a motortruck and flatbed trailer astatine the Calexico Port of Entry on the California-Mexico border. Authorities estimated the cocaine had a thoroughfare worth exceeding $20 million.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) besides announced past period that officers discovered much than $3.7 cardinal worthy of cocaine concealed successful a shipment of cucumbers.

CHP said an serviceman discovered a container containing astir 30 pounds of suspected cocaine aft searching an SUV during an Aug. 12 postulation stop. (California Highway Patrol)

CBP officers astatine the Pharr International Bridge successful Texas discovered 112 packages wrong a tractor-trailer aft a canine inspection and nonintrusive imaging scan detected anomalies successful the vehicle.

The packages contained a full of 278.88 pounds of cocaine with an estimated thoroughfare worth of $3,723,654, according to CBP.

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Fox News Digital's Leo Briceno contributed to this report.