K-9 Nyx sniffs out $225,000 worth of fentanyl in San Juan County

SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — Authorities seized 23 pounds of fentanyl pills in a traffic stop in San Juan County on Thursday, according to the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office.

“K-9 Nyx is at it again,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement

on social media.

On Aug. 14, members of the San Juan County Major Crimes and Drug Task Force made a traffic stop for a traffic infraction north of Blanding. During the stop, K-9 Nyx conducted a free-air sniff of the vehicle and alerted officers to the odor of illegal drugs.

Courtesy of San Juan County Sheriff’s Office

Deputies conducted a probable cause search and found approximately 104,000 suspected fentanyl pills — a total weight of around 23 pounds. The estimated street value of this amount of fentanyl is $225,000.

The driver was arrested and booked into San Juan County Jail.

“The investigation is active and no further information will be released at this time,” the sheriff’s office said.

The K-9 responsible for sniffing out the drugs involved in this bust — K-9 Nyx — had another major bust only two weeks ago, when she helped deputies find $1.2 million worth of fentanyl and heroin in a separate San Juan County traffic stop.