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ST. GEORGE — A minivan reportedly speeding along Interstate 15 near the Utah-Arizona border over the weekend led to a traffic stop that netted more than 30,000 suspected fentanyl pills, St. George police say.
Shortly before 11 p.m. on Sept. 10, a St. George police officer was parked in the median surveying northbound traffic along Interstate 15 near the Utah-Arizona border, when a black minivan reportedly headed into Utah at 85 mph, 10 miles over the posted speed limit, police say.
As the minivan passed by, the officer also noticed that the driver had his hands locked in the 10-2 position on the steering wheel and "immediately turned his head away from me when he saw me," according to the probable cause statement filed in support of the arrest.
The driver appeared to decelerate rapidly, police say, and had slowed to below the posted speed limit after the officer pulled into traffic and started to follow it.
