242 Pounds Of Cocaine Taken Off The Streets

More dangerous drugs have been taken off our streets.

The Texas Department of Public Safety seized more than 242 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop in Oldham County.

At 1:50 p.m. Saturday, a trooper stopped a 2020 Kia Sportage traveling east on I-40 near Vega for a traffic violation.

During the stop, the trooper discovered three large duffel bags containing 100 plastic-wrapped bricks of cocaine in the rear cargo area.

The driver, Ezequiel Canela-Cabrera, 29, of Kissimmee, Florida, was arrested and booked into the Randall County Jail for felony possession of a controlled substance.

The drugs were being transported from Las Vegas to Boston.