2 people arrested for having over 6 pounds of cocaine & heroin in a Pringles box
By Javier Hernandez
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SISKIYOU COUNTY, California (KHSL) — Two people were arrested following a traffic stop, where deputies found over six pounds of cocaine and heroin inside a Pringles box on May 24 in Yreka, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said.
At about 1:15 p.m., a sergeant saw a white Chrysler speeding past his location on Interstate 5 and pulled the car over, the sheriff’s office said.
The driver, 26-year-old Miguel De Jesus Castro Diaz, was driving without a license, the sheriff’s office said. Diaz and his passenger, 28-year-old Bianca Lopez Shivel, were traveling to Salem, Oregon, from an undisclosed location in Southern California.
The sergeant got consent to search the couple’s car and found a Pringles box that had over six pounds of cocaine and heroin, the sheriff’s office said.
Diaz and Shivel were arrested for the possession and transportation of a controlled substance and were booked into the Siskiyou County Jail.
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