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10,000 Fentanyl pills found in Virgin Mary statue during traffic stop in NC
Drugs were found in a Virgin Mary statue during a traffic stop in North Carolina, according to the Gaston County Police.
Gaston County police said they pulled over a car on Monday that committed several traffic violations.
An officer’s K-9 alerted them to the odor of narcotics in the car
During a search, Fentanyl pills were found hidden inside a Virgin Mary statue in the vehicle.
The 10,000 pills weighed about 1 kilogram and had a street value of roughly $330,000.
The driver, Angel Alvarez De Leon, and the passenger, Alfredo Diaz, both of Dallas, Texas, were arrested and charged with multiple counts of trafficking fentanyl.
Each suspect was held on a $1,000,000 secured bond.
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