NEW MADRID COUNTY, Mo. - Police seized over 4 pounds of fentanyl during a traffic stop on Interstate 55 over the weekend.
A Missouri Highway Patrol officer pulled over Angel Larar-Esteban, 27, of Phoenix, Arizona on Nov. 1 on in New Madrid County.
During a vehicle search an officer found 4.8 pounds of pure fentanyl. The street value is estimated to be more than $3 million.
Larar-Esteban was arrested for felony drug trafficking and endangering the welfare of a child.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid painkiller.
