Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reported that on Friday, July 7, the Fayette County Sher- iff's Office Narcotics Canine Unit, Sgt. Randy Thumann and K9 partner Kolt stopped a Toyota truck on Interstate 10 at the 664 mile marker at approximately 4 p.m. for a traffic violation.
After speaking to the driver Thumann became suspicious that the vehicle was involved in smuggling illegal narcotics.
Thumann was given consent to search the vehicle and deployed his canine “Kolt” to conduct an exterior sweep of the vehicle. Thumann observed Kolt alerted to the odor of illegal narcotics on an ice chest in the truck bed and discovered approximately 8.5 kilos of Cocaine, with an estimated street value of $850,000, hidden in the walls of the ice chest.
The driver Gil Suarez Ignacio, 31, of Mexico, was arrested for felony cocaine possession and released to the Dan R. Beck Justice Center.
