The question \u201cHow many pounds of methamphetamine can a Lexmark toner cartridge hold?\u201d would probably not be found on a standard Trivial Pursuit game card. But apparently, the answer is \u201cLess than six pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week, deputies with the Fayette County (Texas) sheriff\u2019s department seized 59 pounds of methamphetamine from a car that was traveling on Interstate 10 near Schulenberg, according to KXAN-TV, an NBC affiliate in Austin, Texas. The substance was packed into 10 Lexmark toner cartridges sealed in the trunk of a Volkswagen SUV being driven by Alvaro Barrera, 49, of Laredo, Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barrera was pulled over just after 2 p.m. on Feb. 4 by Sgt. Randy Thumann for a traffic violation. After Barrera gave Thumann permission to search the SUV, K9 partner Kolt was able to sniff out the substance through the plastic-sealed boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The substance has an estimated street value of $2.7 million, Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek said in a press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barrera was arrested on a charge of felony drug possession. As for the 10 Lexmark cartridges, they are presumably unfit for recycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The question \u201cHow many pounds of methamphetamine can a Lexmark toner cartridge hold?\u201d would probably not be found on a standard Trivial Pursuit game card. But apparently, the answer is \u201cLess than six pounds.\u201d Last week, deputies with the Fayette County (Texas) sheriff\u2019s department seized 59 pounds of methamphetamine from a car that was traveling on Interstate 10 near Schulenberg, according to KXAN-TV, an NBC affiliate in Austin, Texas. The substance was packed into 10 Lexmark toner cartridges sealed in the trunk of a Volkswagen SUV being driven by Alvaro Barrera, 49, of Laredo, Texas. Barrera was pulled over just after 2 p.m. on Feb. 4 by Sgt. Randy Thumann for a traffic violation. After Barrera gave Thumann permission to search the SUV, K9 partner Kolt was able to sniff out the substance through the plastic-sealed boxes. The substance has an estimated street value of $2.7 million, Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek said in a press release. Barrera was arrested on a charge of felony drug possession. As for the 10 Lexmark cartridges, they are presumably unfit for recycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[228],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43838"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43839,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43838\/revisions\/43839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}