Law officers report they seized 6 pounds of heroin with a street value of about $720,000 in an Oklahoma City traffic stop Monday night.
An Oklahoma County sheriff’s deputy noticed a car make an illegal lane change about 8 p.m. near N Meridian Avenue and Interstate 40. The deputy pulled the car over. He searched the car with Thor, a drug dog who signaled there were illegal drugs in the car, sheriff’s spokesman Mark Myers said.
The deputy found several bundles of black tar heroin and $9,000 in cash in the car, Myers said.
The driver, Jaime Valenzuela-Buelna, 49, of Mexico, was arrested on complaints of aggravated heroin trafficking and possession of illegal drug proceeds.
The deputy is a member of the Central Oklahoma Metro Interdiction Team, a multi-agency unit operating under an agreement between the Oklahoma County district attorney’s office, Oklahoma City Police Department and the sheriff’s office.
Thor helped law officers find 34 pounds of methamphetamine in a traffic stop Feb. 27 in Oklahoma City. Four people were arrested in that incident, Myers said.
“He’s been a good dog,” Myers said.
