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PRINCETON, Ky. — State police have seized 33 pounds of heroin and arrested two Utah men after a traffic stop in western Kentucky.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that state police say they stopped a truck for a commercial vehicle inspection on Interstate 24 in Lyon County and found a small amount of heroin on one of the men. A search of the rest of the vehicle yielded the cache of heroin, with an estimated street value of $1.5 million.
Troopers arrested the driver, 29-year-old Roberto Orozco of West Valley City, and passenger, 50-year-old Alberto Leal-Martinez of Magna. They have been charged with aggravated trafficking in heroin and were being held at Caldwell County Jail.
It's unclear if they have lawyers.
