Highway patrol recovers 195 pounds of narcotics valued at $6 million on I-15

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ST. GEORGE — A window tint violation led to the arrest of a 21-year-old driver after Utah Highway Patrol troopers recovered a total of over 190 pounds of suspected methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine.

A trooper who was parked in the median of Interstate 15 near mile marker 63 observed a black passenger car heading north shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday in Iron County.

As the car passed, the trooper noticed both windows were "significantly tinted" with visibility well below the legal limit allowed in "any other state," according to documents filed in support of the arrest.

The trooper conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle, which pulled off the interstate near mile marker 65. The officer approached and measured the window tint at 17%, which was below the 35% as allowed under Utah law.

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