Crime & Safety
Traffic Stop Turns Into Fentanyl Bust
A traffic stop led police to a large fentanyl seizure enough for 50,000 lethal doses: Santa Rosa Police Department.
ROHNERT PARK, CA — Police making a routine traffic stop found enough fentanyl for 50,000 lethal doses in the car of a Santa Rosa man pulled over for a routine stop, according to police.
A patrol officer stopped the driver in the 2500 block of Cleveland Avenue.
Police said the officer asked to search the car because the driver, who had reached toward the back of the front passenger seat, appeared "visibly nervous."
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A K9-assisted search of the vehicle uncovered a kilogram of suspected fentanyl hidden behind the front passenger seat, police said.
A lethal dose of fentanyl is two milligrams, small enough to fit on the tip of a pencil, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. A kilogram of fentanyl equals about 50,000 lethal doses, police said.
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Santa Rosa Police identified the driver as Fabian Chavez-Carranza, 37, of Santa Rosa.
Chavez-Carranza was arrested on Dec. 6 and charged with possession and transportation of a narcotic for sale, police said.
His bail was set at $100,000, police said.
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