On Sept. 22, deputies with the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Interdiction Unit conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 40 at Transcon Lane in Winslow and located a cooler filled with over 33 pounds of white powdery substance determined to be baking soda packaged to look like cocaine. The occupants were knowingly transporting imitation cocaine to a subject in Winslow. The two occupants were identified as Edward Yunik Hernandez-Meza, 19, and Yamileth Francisca Lucero Pardo, 18, both of California, who were arrested for manufacture/distribution of imitation controlled substances. Both Edward and Yamileth booked into the Navajo County Jail and are being held on a $1.2 million cash-only bond.
