Driver arrested after 116 pounds of meth found inside truck near Cedar City, police say

Troopers arrested a woman suspected of drug trafficking Friday after officers reportedly found 116 pounds of crystal methamphetamine inside her pickup truck.

Troopers arrested a woman suspected of drug trafficking Friday after officers reportedly found 116 pounds of crystal methamphetamine inside her pickup truck. (Mark Wetzel, KSL-TV)


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CEDAR CITY — A woman suspected of drug trafficking was arrested in Iron County on Friday after officers reportedly found 116 pounds of crystal methamphetamine inside her pickup truck.

Kimberly Woodcock, 44, was booked into the Iron County Jail on Friday evening on suspicion of multiple charges, including possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, DUI, failure to operate a vehicle within a single lane and possession of drugs and paraphernalia.

According to the probable cause statement filed in support of her arrest, Woodcock was the driver of a black Chevrolet Silverado that had been northbound on Interstate 15 in Iron County.

Another motorist had called dispatch saying the truck had been swerving "all over the road" and had almost hit their vehicle near mile marker 43, the arresting Utah Highway Patrol trooper wrote in the affidavit.

Read the full article at St. George News.

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