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Busted: Man arrested, accused of having $4 million worth of illegal drugs

MOHAVE COUNTY, Ariz. — A Utah man was arrested and accused of hauling almost $4 million worth of illegal drugs into Arizona.

Mohave County Sheriff’s Deputies stopped Logan Lewis Pederson on Monday, KNXV reported.

A police K-9 indicated narcotics were in the vehicle Pederson was driving, KUTV reported.

On Monday (1/20) at approximately 3 PM, Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a white...

Posted by Mohave County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, January 21, 2020

When deputies conducted a search, they said they found six 1-gallon jugs of liquid that tested positive for methamphetamines, six bricks of cocaine weighing more than 13 pounds, 1,000 packages of THC infused candy weighing 206 pounds and more than 2 pounds of MDMA.

The sheriff’s office estimated the street value of the drugs seized at $3,696,720, deputies said, according to KUTV.

Pederson was charged with dangerous drug possession, dangerous drug possession for sale, transportation of dangerous drugs, narcotic drug possession, narcotic drug possession for sale and transportation of narcotic drugs, KUTV reported.