Trooper finds 42 pounds of meth during I-5 traffic stop: state police

Jenna Deml
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Linn County traffic stop led to a major drug and firearm seizure by an Oregon State Police trooper on Tuesday, authorities announced.

State police say a trooper stopped a vehicle belonging to Allan Alexis Medina of Puyallup, Washington, for a traffic violation on Interstate 5 just south of Highway 34.

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The trooper then obtained authorization to search the vehicle, authorities say, which then resulted in OSP seizing 42 pounds of methamphetamine, seven pounds of heroin, a loaded pistol and a small amount of cocaine.

Medina was then arrested on charges related to the seizure, according to OSP; however, state police did not immediately say what charges.

The investigation is ongoing.

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