Felony Drug Arrest Made During I-75 Traffic Stop: FL Highway Patrol

MANATEE COUNTY, FL — Troopers made a felony drug arrest during a Monday traffic stop on Interstate 75 in Manatee County, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.

Felix Henricy, 33, of Lake Worth was pulled over near mile marker 233 for a traffic violation.

He told troopers that he was driving to a friend’s mother’s home to make a welfare check on her, troopers said.

With the assistance of K9 Thor, troopers found a shoebox with multiple baggies of cocaine, fentanyl, and oxycodone pills, as well as small capsules presumed to be a mixture of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl, FHP said.

Henricy was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of a controlled substance, trafficking cocaine 28 grams or more, cocaine distribution, trafficking fentanyl and trafficking oxycodone.

He was booked into the Manatee County Jail.