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ST. GEORGE — Nearly half a million dollars of suspected fentanyl pills were seized during a late-night traffic stop on northbound Interstate 15 Thursday, thanks to a K-9 and an alert officer.
A Washington County sheriff's deputy stopped a silver Jeep shortly after midnight on northbound Interstate 15 near mile marker 23, just north of the Main Street exit in Leeds, for an alleged window tint violation, according to charging documents filed with the courts.
While speaking to the driver, Kyle Kenneth Smith, 31, of Indianapolis, Indiana, officers learned the vehicle was a rental and the suspect told officers he had the rental agreement saved on his cellphone.
A K-9 team was dispatched and alerted authorities to the possible presence of narcotics near the rear driver's side quarter panel of the vehicle.
