BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. —
A traffic stop on I-95 in Brevard County ended with a $100,000 crystal meth bust,” investigators said on Wednesday.
The couple who was arrested told state troopers they were bringing the drugs from New Jersey.
Authorities said a K-9 alerted state troopers that it detected drugs in the car, but investigators were already suspicious when they pulled the couple over.
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Federal drug agents said Joel and Kate Rodriguez tried to smuggle five pounds of crystal methamphetamine worth $100,000.
“Does it surprise me? Yeah. I wonder where they got it,” said nearby resident Margaret Guadarrama.
The two were nabbed when state troopers pulled them over for speeding in Brevard County over the weekend.
Troopers said the couple seemed nervous and that’s when a drug dog was brought in.
“Most of our drug interdiction teams have a K-9 assigned with them, so the dog is already there if it’s needed,” said Major Todd Hutchinson with the Titusville Police Department.
Hutchinson said his department was not involved in the case, but said his department has seen traffickers try different tactics to smuggle drugs on I-95.
“Criminals from there have gotten pretty ingenious. They dressed up vehicles to look like DOT vehicles,” said Hutchinson.
Investigators said one of the suspects admitted he put $100,000 in a cereal box to hide it, and then following the drug deal, walked out of the house with the same box packed with crystal meth.
The couple initially told troopers they were in Florida to go to Universal Studios, but investigators said were really in the state to unload the drugs.
The couple was arrested on federal trafficking charges, and has been transferred to the Seminole County jail.
