On Thursday, Feb. 3, deputies were patrolling the Kayenta area in conjunction with the aggressive traffic enforcement campaign that the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office and the Arizona Department of Public Safety are performing. Deputies made a traffic stop on Highway 160 at Milepost 283, near Kayenta. A consent search of the vehicle revealed nearly six pounds of methamphetamine and one gram of cocaine. The street value of these drugs is over $190,000. Juan De Jesus Romero, 31, and Ryan Q. Rangel, 26, both of El Mirage, were arrested for possession of dangerous drugs, possession of dangerous drugs for sale and transportation of dangerous drugs, and Ramon Isaac Velazquez-Llanes, 21, of Phoenix was arrested for possession of dangerous drugs, possession of dangerous drugs for sale, transportation of dangerous drugs, promoting prison contraband, possession of a narcotic drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. All three suspects were booked into the Navajo County Jail.
