Salt Lake City man arrested on suspicion of drug dealing, found with nearly 2,000 fentanyl pills

SALT LAKE CITY — A suspected drug dealer is behind bars for the second time this month following the discovery of nearly 2,000 fentanyl pills in his car.

Utah County Major Crimes Drug Task Force detectives on Wednesday discovered the drugs in a car Darlin Saul Donaire-Rosales was driving, which led to his arrest on three counts of suspicion of distribution of a controlled substance, all second-degree felonies. The man, an undocumented immigrant from Honduras, also allegedly had 32 grams of cocaine and 11 grams of heroin in his car and is also being investigated for suspicion of engaging in a criminal enterprise, a first-degree felony.

Donaire-Rosales, a Salt Lake City resident, according to Salt Lake County jail records, was detained on Feb. 14 after task force detectives discovered another cache of drugs during a search of his car. According to a probable cause statement, detectives discovered 1,813 fentanyl pills, 36.5 grams of cocaine, 46 grams of heroin and 10.5 grams of meth in the car. At that time, Donaire-Rosales was arrested on suspicion of three counts of distribution of drugs and engaging in a criminal enterprise.

"This search warrant was the culmination of several months of investigation into a drug trafficking organization," the Feb. 14 affidavit states.

Separately, two Honduran nationals were detained Thursday after members of the Utah County Major Crimes Task Force reported finding a large amount of drugs at a Magna home.

After his Feb. 14 arrest, Donaire-Rosales, 20, was booked into the Salt Lake County jail. He was released on Feb. 22 then was booked into jail again on Thursday after his Wednesday arrest.

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