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ST. GEORGE — An anonymous tip led to the recovery of more than 108,000 suspected counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl during a traffic stop in St. George over the weekend.
On Saturday, officers received information that was called into dispatchers anonymously involving a vehicle that was expected to be traveling through the area carrying a significant amount of illegal narcotics.
According to charging documents filed with the court, the person who called said the vehicle, described as a white Nissan Quest, would be heading into Utah within the next few hours.
Officers stationed themselves on I-15 near the Port of Entry to watch for the vehicle, and just before 8 p.m., officers spotted a Nissan with Texas plates heading north into Utah.
As the Nissan approached, police say it appeared that after the driver noticed the patrol vehicles stopped at the state line and rapidly decelerated.
