A traffic stop on Interstate 95 in St. Lucie County, Florida, turned into a major drug seizure on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, when detectives found more than three kilograms of powdered cocaine inside a northbound vehicle near Indrio Road in Fort Pierce, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office.

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The stop was carried out by detectives from the sheriff's Special Investigations Division, working alongside the Patrol Operations Bureau and troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol. The vehicle was travelling north on I-95 when it was pulled over near Indrio Road, and the cocaine was recovered during the investigation that followed at the roadside.

Who was arrested

The two people in the vehicle were identified as Anthony Williams, 47, and Alexandria Browne, 51, both of Owings Mills, Maryland. Both were arrested and taken to the St. Lucie County Jail, where each is charged with trafficking in cocaine and held on a $250,000 bond, a jail spokesperson confirmed on Thursday, November 12.

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Browne faces one additional charge: she is also being held on a charge of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, with a separate $10,000 bond, according to the jail spokesperson. No further charges had been announced in the reporting available on Thursday.

What the sheriff said

Sheriff Richard Del Toro praised the joint work in a statement issued after the arrests. "Drug trafficking has no place in St. Lucie County," Del Toro said. "We will continue to target those involved and hold them accountable. I commend our detectives, deputies, and partners with the Florida Highway Patrol for their work in this case. This is what strong partnerships and proactive enforcement accomplish."

Why I-95 stops matter on Florida's east coast

Interstate 95 runs the full length of Florida's Atlantic coast and is one of the busiest north-south corridors in the eastern United States, carrying long-haul freight, commercial traffic and travellers between South Florida and the rest of the East Coast. Sheriff's offices and the Florida Highway Patrol regularly run interdiction work along the highway, and the St. Lucie County stretch near Fort Pierce sits on the route loads travel as they move north out of the Miami and Palm Beach area. For the many Punjabi truck drivers who run East Coast routes, I-95 enforcement stops are a routine sight — and a reminder that roadside inspections on this corridor can quickly become criminal investigations when contraband is found.

What happens next

Williams and Browne remained in the St. Lucie County Jail on the bonds listed above as of the jail's confirmation on November 12. Their cases will now move through the Florida court process in St. Lucie County, where prosecutors will decide how to proceed on the trafficking charges. No court date had been published in the reporting available on Thursday, and the sheriff's office has not said whether more arrests are expected.