At approximately 8:27 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 40 near Milepost 295 in the Holbrook area. During the traffic stop, K-9 Zolton was utilized for a free air sniff of the vehicle. Zolton alerted and a search of the vehicle revealed five pounds, over 22,000 pills, of suspected fentanyl and 4.7 pounds of black tar heroin. The estimated street value of those drugs is over $510,000. Daimer Morales-Vazquez, 47, of Phoenix, and Irene Rodriguez-Cervantes, 45, of Mesa were both arrested for transportation of a narcotic drug for sale, possession of a narcotic drug for sale and possession of a narcotic drug. They were both booked into Navajo County Jail.
