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40 Pounds Of Meth Valued At $1.8 Million Seized On I-70

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4)- Two people were arrested when authorities found 40 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a secret compartment in an SUV on Interstate 70.

Investigators with the Western Colorado Drug Task Force searched an SUV that was traveling on I-70 near Loma when they discovered a hidden compartment in the rear of the Jeep Liberty.

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Forty pounds of meth was seized from a secret compartment in an SUV on I-70 (credit: Mesa Co. Sheriff)

The SUV was pulled over for failure to drive in a single lane, or weaving.

They found 40 vacuum-sealed one pound packages of meth with a street value of $1.8 million.

Daniel Galindo-Gonzalez, Carlos Colonel-Quintana,
Daniel Galindo-Gonzalez, and Carlos Colonel-Quintana (credit: Mesa Co. Sheriff)

Daniel Galindo-Gonzalez and Carlos Coronel-Quintana were arrested and booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility on one felony count each of possession with intent to distribute and special circumstances of importing a schedule II drug.

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