At approximately 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, Navajo County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted a traffic stop for a traffic infraction on Interstate 40 near Milepost 225 in the Winslow area that resulted in a large number of dangerous drugs being seized. K-9 Zolton performed a free-air sniff of the vehicle, which resulted in an alert for probable cause to search the vehicle. Deputies then located approximately 3,300 fentanyl pills and 18 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of $400,000. Erika Patricia Guillen-Nunez, 42, of Norwalk, Calif., Carlos Alfredo Lopez-Tamayo, 27, of Chino, Calif., and Gilberto Ayala-Alonso, 45, of Artesia, Calif., were each arrested for transportation of a narcotic drug for sale, possession of a narcotic drug for sale, possession of a narcotic drug, transportation of dangerous drugs for sale, possession of dangerous drugs for sale and possession of dangerous drugs. Guillen-Nunez, Lopez Tamayo and Ayala-Alonso were each booked into the Navajo County Jail.
