K9 ‘Loki’ Helps Find 88 Pounds Of Meth Worth $500,000+ During Weld County Traffic Stop

From CBS Denver:

By Dillon Thomas

September 17, 2020

WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – A K9 team in Weld County successfully seized more than 88 pounds of methamphetamine recently, worth more than half a million dollars in street value. K9 Loki, and Weld County Deputy Brian Fortin, found the meth in a suitcase in the back seat of a pickup truck and in its spare tire under the bed, during a traffic stop near Kersey.

Colorado State Patrol asked for assistance from the K9 team during a traffic stop. State patrol believed Arturo Mercado and Jesus Arturo Gonzalez were trafficking narcotics.

Loki performed an open-air sniff of the exterior of the vehicle and signaled that there were illegal narcotics in the truck.

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