A Tulare County sheriff’s K9 deputy found about 90 pounds of meth during a Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, traffic stop in Teviston, leading to the arrest of Joel Hernandez-Antunez and the seizure of additional cocaine from his home, officials said. (Tulare County SO)
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A Tulare County Sheriff’s Office K9 deputy discovered about 90 pounds of methamphetamine during a traffic stop early Thursday on Highway 99, authorities said.
Deputies pulled over a silver Infiniti around 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 20 near Avenue 24 for a traffic violation, the sheriff’s office said. During a search of the vehicle, K9 Turbo alerted to two large trash bags containing the suspected meth.
The driver, Joel Hernandez-Antunez, 29, was detained. Detectives later served a search warrant at his home, where they seized an additional three kilos of suspected cocaine, officials said.
Hernandez-Antunez was arrested and booked into the Tulare County Adult Pre-trial Facility on suspicion of transporting methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine and cocaine for sale.
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