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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Officers with the Region 5 Drug Task Force on Sunday morning arrested a man accused of possession of $270,000 worth of methamphetamine.
David Licea, 35, of Bakersfield, Calif., was booked into the Curry County Adult Detention Center after police stopped a Honda Accord he was driving on North Prince Street in Clovis.
Licea was being held without bond on Monday.
Curry County Sheriff Mike Reeves said the vehicle was pulled over for traffic violations.
According to a news release from Reeves:
• Agents of The Region 5 Drug Task Force began an investigation due to inconsistencies with the driver’s and passenger’s stories, and various other traffic violations. A police K-9 was called to the scene and showed a positive indication for the presence of narcotics.
• The occupants of the vehicle gave consent for agents to search while denying the vehicle contained any illegal substances.
• Agents subsequently searched the vehicle and located 20 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in the gas tank of the vehicle. The methamphetamine has a street value of approximately $270,000.
The woman in the car was not charged.
