California Highway Patrol officers in Yreka uncovered a cache of suspected narcotics and firearms.
According to Action News Now, CHP uncovered a drug and weapons cache in Yreka.
A Pattern of Big Busts Along I-5
This is far from the first time CHP or Siskiyou County law enforcement has pulled major quantities of drugs out of the Yreka corridor this year. In October, Siskiyou County deputies stopped a vehicle driving erratically in north Yreka and reported finding 45,165 grams — about 99.64 pounds — of methamphetamine, according to KRCR. That stop ended in an arrest.
Back in the spring, a CHP officer working the Yreka area stopped a passenger vehicle on northbound Interstate 5 and found 20 kilos of suspected cocaine hidden in a compartment behind the rear passenger seats, Siskiyou News reported. A separate traffic stop in Yreka on Nov. 8, 2021, reportedly turned up approximately 23 pounds of methamphetamine, two kilograms of suspected heroin and roughly 5,000 suspected narcotic blue/white tablets, according to KTVL.
Fentanyl, Cocaine and a Police Dog Named Robbie
North of Yreka, a Siskiyou County deputy conducting a traffic stop found more than 18.5 pounds of fentanyl and 26 pounds of cocaine, according to Action News Now. And in another enforcement stop in the county, a CHP K9 named Robbie helped officers locate approximately 48 pounds of suspected methamphetamine and about two pounds of suspected fentanyl, per KOBI-TV NBC5 / KOTI-TV NBC2.
These were separate drug-seizure incidents in the Yreka area.
