On Feb. 5, the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 40 at milepost 272 in Joseph City. After a positive K-9 alert, a search of the vehicle revealed over 50 pounds of cocaine, which has an estimated street value of over $1.2 million. Luis Enrique Quintana Nunez, 54, of Beaumont, Calif., and Victor Hugo Chavez Lopez, 35, of Lucerne Valley, Calif., were both arrested for transportation of a narcotic drug, possession of a narcotic drug for sale and possession of a narcotic drug. Nunez and Lopez were both booked into the Navajo County Jail and are being held on a $100,000 cash-only bond.
