COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — A traffic stop by a watchful deputy led to the seizure of thousands of dollars worth of illegal drugs, including the highly-dangerous fentanyl.
At about 10 p.m. a Collier County Sheriff's Office deputy conducted a traffic stop on River Drive for driving an electric scooter the wrong way and without lights.
CCSO says during the traffic stop the deputy developed a probable cause to search another driver, Kelvin Blanc.
According to CCSO the deputy discovered a large assortment of controlled substances inside Blanc’s backpack.
The deputy found 152 grams of cocaine-fentanyl mixture and another 42 different pills of illegal drugs.
Blanc was arrested and taken to the Naples Jail Center.
CCSO says he is facing 11 felony charges- two for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine, and nine for possession of other drugs.
