(Seguin) — A Seguin Police Department K-9 played a key role in a major drug bust last week in neighboring New Braunfels.
On Friday around 2:15 p.m., officers with the New Braunfels Police Department Street Crimes Unit conducted a traffic stop on a black GMC pickup truck traveling north on I-35. When suspicions arose, Seguin PD’s K-9 Ayax was called in to assist the New Braunfels PD.
They say thanks to Ayax’s work, officers discovered a hidden compartment in the floor of the truck containing 44 pounds of cocaine. The drugs carry an estimated street value of approximately $1 million.
The driver, Maria Elena Rojas, 21 of Del Rio, and her passenger, Gustavo Licea-Feregrino 47, also of Del Rio, were detained at the scene. Both were later turned over to Homeland Security to face federal drug possession charges.