Crime & Safety

4 Arrested After Newport Beach Traffic Stop: Fentanyl, Methamphetamine Found

Four people were arrested after a traffic stop in Newport Beach.

Four people were found with 54 grams of fentanyl and 14 grams of methamphetamine during a traffic stop in Newport Beach.
Four people were found with 54 grams of fentanyl and 14 grams of methamphetamine during a traffic stop in Newport Beach. (Newport Beach Police Courtesy Photo)

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — It isn't every morning that a routine traffic stop ends with a major drug bust. In early November, in Newport Beach, police pulled over a silver sedan with four people inside.

Suspects await arrest after a search of a silver sedan during a traffic stop. (Newport Beach Courtesy Photo)

During the subsequent search of the people and the car, police found 54 grams of fentanyl and 14 grams of methamphetamine, they reported over Twitter.

It is not yet known what led to the car being pulled over, and the names of the suspects have not yet been released.

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