BEAUMONT, Texas — Beaumont Police arrested two Florida men in a Tuesday morning traffic stop on I-10 after investigators say heroin and two kilograms of crystal meth were found in the vehicle.
Alex Stripling, 29, and Scott Lynch, 58, both of Florida were arrested during the traffic stop around 1:20 Tuesday morning according to a Beaumont Police Department news release.
The drugs were found during the stop on I-10 eastbound near mile marker 846 according to the release. A BPD K-9 was used and alerted officers to the odor of narcotics according to the release.
Officers found two large plastic baggies containing about two kilograms of what is believed to be crystal meth, along with several smaller bags of the same substance according to the release.
Officers also found an off white powdery substance, which tested positive for heroin according to the release.
From a Beaumont Police Department news release:
BPD Narcotics Officers Seize 2 Kilos of Crystal Methamphetamine & Herion During Traffic Stop- IH10
On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 1:21 a.m., BPD Narcotics Interdiction Officers working Criminal Patrol on Interstate 10 East bound near mile marker 846, conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle. A BPD K-9 responded to the traffic stop and gave a positive alert to the odor of narcotics coming from the vehicle. During a search of the vehicle, Officers located two large, clear, plastic baggies containing approximately two kilograms of suspected crystal methamphetamine. Officers also located several small, clear, plastic baggies containing more suspected crystal methamphetamine and one small clear plastic baggie containing an off white powdery substance, which field tested positive for Heroin.
The driver was identified as Alex Stripling (a 29 year old Alachua, Florida resident, pictured below in black) and the passenger was identified as Scott Lynch (a 58 year old Trenton, Florida resident, pictured below in orange). Stripling and Lynch were placed under arrest and transported to the Jefferson County Jail.