A routing traffic stop on I-40 in Carson County, near Conway, TX, revealed a large amount of cocaine.  8 pounds of cocaine was seized by Texas DPS during the traffic stop west of Amarillo.  One man has been arrested.

"36-year-old Joel Gonzalez-Camaro was arrested Tuesday after a Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper found eight pounds of cocaine hidden inside a vehicle during a traffic stop.

DPS said a trooper stopped Gonzalez-Camaro for a traffic violation at 8:21 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 40 near Conway in Carson County.

During the stop the trooper searched the vehicle and found the drugs hidden inside a compartment. DPS said the estimated value of the drugs is more than $253,000.

Gonzalez-Camaro was arrested and booked into the Carson County Jail for possession of a controlled substance. DPS said the drugs were allegedly being transported from Phoenix, Arizona to Columbus, Ohio."

That's funny, because I heard they were supposed to be going to Justin Bieber's house!

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