Driver arrested after heroin found inside luggage during Merced County stop, CHP says

California Highway Patrol says a driver was arrested during a traffic stop near Los Banos after an officer and his K-9 found more than 10 pounds of...

September 22, 2022
4:34 AM

California Highway Patrol says a driver was arrested during a traffic stop near Los Banos after an officer and his K-9 found more than 10 pounds of heroin inside a suitcase. At about 1:10 p.m. Sept. 15 the CHP officer conducted a traffic stop on the driver of a 2022 Toyota Camry for a traffic violation along northbound Interstate 5 just north of Highway 152, according to CHP Officer Eric Zuniga. During the stop, the officer noticed factors which led him to suspect the driver of the vehicle, identified as Carlos Beltran Ramirez , 30, of Yuba City, was engaged in criminal activity.

Andrew Kuhn