Lobos, the Fayette County sheriff’s police dog, sniffed out seven kilograms of methamphetamine Sunday morning during a traffic stop, sheriff’s officials said.
Manuel Alvarez, 49, of Royal City, Wash., was stopped around 11 a.m. at a rest area on Interstate 10 near Flatonia. Sgt. Randy Thumann became suspicious of Alvarez’s travel itinerary and asked to search his vehicle, which Alvarez consented to, according to sheriff’s officials.
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Lobos helped Thumann locate the meth in a compartment built into Alvarez’s pickup, officials said. Seven kilos of meth has a street value of about $680,000, officials said.
Alvarez was charged with felony drug possession and jailed in Fayette County.
