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(St. George, UT)  --  Utah Highway Patrol troopers have seized over 190 pounds of meth, fentanyl and cocaine in a traffic stop on Interstate 15. Twenty-one-year-old Jonathan Vargas was pulled over for a window tint violation just after 8 a.m. Tuesda...

(Cedar City, UT) -- The Utah Highway Patrol has arrested a 36-year-old for several drug charges after pulling him over on Interstate 15 in Cedar City. Felix Rodriguez-Portillo was pulled over Sunday morning and found to have 20 pounds of meth and two kilos of cocaine...

Troopers busted two drivers for hauling drugs on I-15 near Cedar City Friday. At around 10:30 Friday morning troopers say they stopped the two drivers heading northbound for “equipment violations,” a tweet from UHP stated. During the stop, a K9 was deployed and notified troopers that there may be narcotics in the vehicle. Investi...

An attempt to locate a reckless driver Sunday afternoon became a large-scale drug bust after a Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy discovered 15 bundles and 22 packages of methamphetamine. The deputy located the vehicle driving north on I-15 at mile marker 15. T...

The Grand County School District issued a statement on Monday indicating a previous report regarding meth in vapes found at the school were incorrect. ORIGINAL STORY: Some students in the Grand County School District have been vaping methamphetamine, this is according to school district officials...

According to information from the Utah Highway Patrol, earlier this week, Troopers made 2 traffic stops on I-15 near Cedar, one for speed and one for following too close. The result of those stops was nearly 130 lbs of meth seized. UHP is investigating the likelihood that some of it was bound for distribution within Utah...

A Pennsylvania man is being held in the Iron County jail without bail after he was caught with a massive amount of meth. A Utah Highway Patrol trooper made the discovery this week during a traffic stop on Interstate 15. During a search of the man's car, the trooper found a hidden compartment behind the back seat that reportedly contained 47 packages of meth weighing nearly 86-pounds...

A woman who went to the Santa Clara/Ivins Police Department to discuss a previous incident showed up with heroin in her pocket, according to arresting records. Documents state Kassandra Dittmer, 29, went to the department to speak with officers, not aware that a search warrant for her and her residence had already been approved...

Five people have been arrested in the past month after Utah Highway Patrol troopers seized 50 pounds of methamphetamine in two separate busts along I-15 near Cedar City in the past month. On Sunday, a UHP trooper pulled over a driver for a minor traffic violation after noticing the license plate light was not functioning and observed two open beer cans in the vehicle...

A Utah Highway Patrol trooper is being credited with making two traffic stops that netted 34-pounds of methamphetamine. Trooper Adam Gibbs made one stop on Interstate 15 north of Cedar City early Thursday, and the second in the same area early Sunday...