PHOENIX — A traffic stop led to police uncovering over $100,000 in cash, more than 45,000 pills and a stolen motorcycle in a large drug bust in Phoenix.
Officers with the Phoenix Police Department stopped a vehicle that they believed was related to illegal drug activity. Officers said they found evidence of dangerous drugs inside the vehicle and arrested a 47-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman.
A search warrant used at the suspects' house led police to find
- $101,364 in cash
- 45,000 fentanyl pills
- 1,500 Xanax pills
- Nine firearms, three of which were stolen
- 4.6 lbs of fentanyl powder
- Five ounces of heroin
- A recovered, stolen motorcycle
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