34-year-old Jesus Maria Lopez-Verduzco. Credit: Courtesy Pima County Sheriff's Department

Pounds of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, and 10,000 pills suspected to be fentanyl are off the streets of Tucson after the Pima County Sherriff’s Department arrested 34-year-old Jesus Maria Lopez-Verduzco Tuesday afternoon.

According to the sheriff’s department, which announced the news the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 18, Lopez-Verduzco was stopped near the 1000 block of N. Euclid Road around 5:45 p.m. after a “Title 28 violation.” Title 28 under the Arizona Revised Statutes covers transportation, and PCSD was unable to immediately provide a specific violation.

During the traffic investigation, $1,916 and “several individually packaged baggies” including cocaine, heroin, suspected fentanyl, and methamphetamine were found. Lopez-Verduzco was arrested and charged for possession of a dangerous drug, possession of a narcotic drug, transportation for sale, prohibited possessor and for possessing a firearm while transporting narcotics and booked into Pima County jail.

PCSD also announced that information obtained during the stop led to deputies investigating a residence in the 1900 block of North Wilmont Road. At the home, deputies found a stolen hand gun, 10,000 suspected fentanyl pills, 11.3 lbs. of heroin, 5.76 lbs. of cocaine, and 8.78 lbs. of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of over $400,000 dollars.

According to jail records, Lopez-Verduzco is being held on $10,000 bond.

This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2019.

7 replies on “Pounds of Drugs Found After Pima County Sheriff Conduct Traffic Stop”

  3. Oh yeah, Carpet Bagger…nobody was EVER busted for drugs before the new shurf hit town…better put down the pipe, because if you’re right, you’re on a collision course with jail and rehab.

  4. Fifty years of the war on drugs and no progress whatsoever. Hmmmm, maybe we should try a health care based approach instead of a law enforcement approach.

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