Early on the morning of April 10, a routine traffic stop on I-5 in East Los Angeles escalated into a sizeable drug bust when officers discovered 50 pounds of methamphetamine. According to a KTLA report, the California Highway Patrol pulled over a vehicle for what was described as a “mechanical violation.”
However, the officers, identified as Officer Bustamante and his Field Training Officer McNew, soon found themselves unraveling a more severe crime. With the aid of a K-9 named J.D., the team located a substantial quantity of drugs hidden inside the driver’s vehicle. The specifics of the suspect’s identity and charges have not been made public. Still, CHP referred to the occurrence as a “major arrest,” as depicted in the department’s Instagram post, validated by CHP East L.A. Area’s Instagram…