HOLBROOK – Two California men are in Navajo County Jail on bail of $ 25,000 each for narcotics possession (16,000 pills of fentanyl), narcotics for sale, and narcotics transport.
Felipe Guadalupe-Guerrero, 25, and Francisco Estrella-Valdez, 22, both from California, were arrested by the NCSO Criminal Interdiction Unit on Third Street in Winslow for a traffic violation just before noon on Tuesday, March 23rd The vehicle that both men were in was allegedly discovered 16,000 fentanyl pills marked M30 (counterfeit pills with deadly fentanyl doses).
The vehicle owner reportedly gave MPs permission to search the vehicle.
The estimated street value of the pills is $ 500,000.
“In Navajo County, this very dangerous drug is increasing in our communities. The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit and the Major Crimes Apprehension Team (MCAT) Drug Task Force work around the clock to prevent these drugs from getting in and to arrest those who bring and sell them. “NCSO Sheriff David Clouse is quoted in a press release from NCSO Information Officer Tori Gorman.
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