LIVE OAK COUNTY – Deputies seized 84 pounds of cocaine during a traffic stop Sunday, Feb. 9 on US Highway 59 near Interstate Highway 37, according to Jim Wells County Sheriff officials.
The traffic stop was conducted by JWC and Live Oak County deputies on a white Chevrolet SUV as part of the drug interdiction program.
When they made contact with the 67-year-old female driver who was on her way back to Tennessee. A roadside interview was conducted. Based on the interview, deputies asked for consent to search her vehicle, but she denied consent.
Deputies used a k-9 to search around the vehicle. The k-9 alerted to the presence of narcotics, according to officials.
