Police in Kentucky seized over 55 pounds of methamphetamine after a man was caught smuggling them disguised as Christmas gifts.
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Images shared by the Jeffersontown Police Department on social media showed a car trunk full of suspected illicit drugs, which were stored in boxes and hastily wrapped with festive paper.
On Bluegrass Parkway, Talamantes was encountered by law enforcement during a narcotics investigation. Her arrived in a vehicle and attempted to walk away before he was detained.
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According to the police department, Talamantes told investigators that he was coming from Iowa with the intention of trafficking the drugs.
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“No amount of festive wrapping can disguise the harm these drugs inflict on families and communities. The coordinated efforts of partner agencies ensured these holiday-wrapped packages never reached the streets,” Jeffersontown Police Department Chief Richard Sanders said in a statement posted to social media on Tuesday.
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