Photo: Nebraska State Patrol
(Gibbon, NE) -- A North Dakota woman is arrested in Nebraska after nearly 1,000 suspected fentanyl pills are found during a traffic stop.
The Nebraska State Patrol says just after 9:00 Monday night, a trooper performed a traffic stop on a Chrysler 200 that was parked on the shoulder of I-80 near Gibbon. The state patrol says during the traffic stop, the trooper spotted drug paraphernalia in plain view inside the vehicle.
Investigators say during a search, troopers located a pouch containing approximately 950 suspected fentanyl pills, a smaller amount of methamphetamine, and several items of drug paraphernalia. The driver, 30 year old Brittany Beeter of Fargo, North Dakota, was arrested for possession of an extremely hazardous substance, possession with intent to deliver, possession of methamphetamine, imitation of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia.