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K-9 "Jack" finds eight pounds of meth in vehicle

Posted at 10:26 PM, Jan 31, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-31 23:26:15-05

One person is under arrest after a traffic stop on Interstate 10.

Troopers stopped an SUV on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. for a traffic violation, a Facebook post says.

Trooper K-9 "Jack" was brought to vehicle to check it out, and alerted on the SUV. He had found 18 pounds of meth found in a cargo area, troopers say.

The driver was placed under arrest and subsequently booked at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on the appropriate charges, troopers say.

We'll update this story as soon as we have more information.