On February 5, 2016, at approximately 12:51 a.m., a DPS Trooper attempted to stop two vehicles traveling at high rates of speed northbound on State Route 85 at milepost 121. Earlier, suspects were seen loading up the vehicles with drugs along Interstate 8. One vehicle was stopped northbound on State Route 85 at milepost 142. The driver was taken into custody. A passenger jumped off a bridge and escaped on foot. He is still at large.
Troopers searching the vehicle discovered an AR-15 rifle along with a handgun and five bundles of marijuana. They later found a bundle of marijuana along Interstate 8 close to where the suspects were originally spotted. The total weight of the marijuana seized was 147.5 pounds, with a street value of almost $80,000.
The other vehicle was eventually stopped. Two people were arrested but nothing was found in the car.