Crime & Safety
Over 4 Pounds Of Cocaine Discovered In Hidden Car Compartment: Sheriff
Sheriff's deputies took hours to dismantle a car, eventually finding cocaine that tested positive for fentanyl, Racine authorites said.
RACINE, WI — Racine sheriff's deputies found almost 4½ pounds of cocaine, which also tested positive for fentanyl, in a car's hidden compartment after a traffic stop Tuesday evening on Interstate 94, the agency announced Friday.
A deputy pulled a 35-year-old Milwaukee man over just before 10 p.m. and backup used a K9 unit, Zeke, to do an open-air sniff around the man's vehicle, the sheriff's office said. The dog alerted for the presence of contraband, according to the sheriff's office.
Deputies impounded the vehicle at a sheriff's substation and dismantled it. After several hours, authorites discovered an estimated $110,000 worth of cocaine from a hidden compartment in the vehicle, the sheriff's office said.
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The man was brought to the Racine County Jail and held on felony drug charges, the sheriff's office said. The Racine County Metro Drug Unit is seeking charges against the man in federal court.
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