Traffic stop yields 23 kilos of cocaine worth $2.3 million
Shown above are the axles that had been altered to conceal the cocaine.
Sgt. Randy Thumann and K-9 partner, Kolt, are shown on the trailer bed with the 23 kilos of cocaine they discovered hidden in its axles.
The Fayette County Sheriff's Office Narcotics K-9 Unit seized 23 kilos of cocaine after a traffic stop on Interstate 10 about three miles west of Flatonia on Tuesday, Oct. 31, according to Sheriff Keith Korenek.
Sheriff Korenek reported that Sgt. Randy Thumann and K-9 partner, Kolt, stopped an
18-wheeler with a flatbed trailer at the 658 mile marker for a traffic violation at approximately 12:45 p.m…