Eagle County Sheriff’s Office
About 13.5 pounds of suspected heroin were seized from a driver on Interstate 70 in Eagle County on Wednesdday, Dec. 8, 2021. Getting your player ready...
By Sydney Isenberg, The Denver Channel
Roughly 13.5 pounds of suspected heroin was seized during a traffic stop on I-70 near the Town of Eagle Wednesday.
Detectives with the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office and the Vail Police Department pulled over a vehicle for following too close. Authorities made contact with the driver, who consented to a search of the vehicle.
The sheriff’s office says the driver quickly admitted that illegal narcotics were hidden inside a child car seat. It’s there where several packages of suspected heroin were discovered.
Detectives located nine neatly wrapped packages, labeled “PEYO,” containing an estimated 13.5 pounds of suspected heroin.
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