S. Oregon I-5 traffic stop of semi-truck leads to seizure of 60 pounds of fentanyl pills, two arrests

MEDFORD, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A traffic stop of a semi-truck by an Oregon State Police K-9 unit on Interstate 5 in Southern Oregon netted 60 pounds of fentanyl-laced pills destined for Portland, the agency reported Wednesday. 

On Monday at 8:00 a.m., an OSP K-9 trooper stopped a commercial motor vehicle tractor unit on I-5 in Jackson County for a traffic violation. During a consent search of the vehicle’s cab, the trooper located two five-gallon buckets filled with blue pills suspected of being laced with fentanyl. 

Two men, ages 42 and 48, both of Mexico, were arrested and charged with possession and delivery of fentanyl and lodged at the Jackson County Jail, OSP said. 

The seized pills weighed 60 pounds, which is the equivalent of about 276,000 individual pills.