On Aug. 2, the Navajo County Criminal Interdiction Unit conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 40 near Milepost 262 in the Winslow area. Due to suspicious activity K-9 Zolton was deployed to perform a free air sniff of the vehicle and was alerted, leading to a search of the vehicle revealed 7.5 pounds of black tar heroin and 16.6 pounds of small blue pills determined to be fentanyl. There were estimated 75,926 pills located with an approximate street value of over $2.9 million. Beatrice Cervantes, 41, of Phoenix and Moises Fernando Pasos-Valenzuela, 36, of Mexico, were both arrested and booked into Navajo County Jail on charges of transportation of a narcotic drug for sale, possession of a narcotic drug for sale and possession of a narcotic drug.
