Over 4,000 pills with fentanyl found during traffic stop in Fresno County, deputies say

Wednesday, October 6, 2021
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A traffic stop ends in a major drug bust for Fresno County investigators.

More than 4,000 pills containing fentanyl have been taken off local streets.
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Detectives pulled 25-year-old Victor Corella over in the area of Interstate 5 and Highway 198 near Coalinga Tuesday afternoon.

When they approached his car, a K-9 alerted the deputies to the smell of narcotics.

Deputies discovered thousands of the blue pills in Corella's car.
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Investigators say they are counterfeit Oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl.

Corella has been booked into the Fresno County Jail on drug possession charges.

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