Major Drug Seizure and Two Arrested After Traffic Stop Near S. Highway 85/87 in El Paso County

On October 26, 2025, El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a vehicle near 5510 S. Highway 85/87 in unincorporated El Paso County, Colorado. Deputies saw drug paraphernalia in the vehicle and searched it. The driver, Juan Gonzales-Gomez, 26, and the passenger, Keri Shay, 24, were detained.

Deputies found several baggies of narcotics, a scale, empty baggies, a ledger, and over $5,800 in cash. A firearm was found in Shay’s waistband, along with fentanyl pills and more drug paraphernalia.

The search also found more than 200 fentanyl pills, Xanax, crack cocaine, PCP, methamphetamine, and heroin. Gonzales-Gomez had crack cocaine…

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