A routine speeding stop on a remote stretch of U.S. Highway 93 near Ash Springs, in Lincoln County, Nevada, turned into one of the state's largest drug seizures on October 13, federal prosecutors say. A Lincoln County sheriff's deputy stopped a pickup truck for speeding, a narcotics K-9 alerted to the vehicle, and deputies searched it, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada, whose announcement was reported by Fox News and detailed by Daily News Cycle and News 3 Las Vegas (KSNV).

Inside the truck, deputies found 13 large storage totes containing 187 vacuum-sealed packages of suspected methamphetamine and 13 packages of suspected fentanyl, prosecutors said. The suspected meth weighed about 677 pounds (yaani about 307 kilograms) and the suspected fentanyl about 30 pounds (yaani about 14 kilograms), a combined haul of more than 700 pounds with an estimated street value of about $2 million (yaani about 20 lakh dollars). Field tests on selected samples came back positive for both substances, according to prosecutors. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah said the fentanyl alone amounted to roughly seven million potentially lethal two-milligram doses.

Prosecutors identified the driver as Francisco Joel Garcia Farias, 26. He has been charged in federal court with possession with intent to distribute the drugs — charges he has not been convicted of. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and up to life on each count, prosecutors said. According to court documents cited in reporting, Garcia Farias told investigators he entered the United States illegally from Mexico in 2007, and he is expected to appear in federal court later this month. The Justice Department said the case was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations.

Lincoln County Sheriff Derek Foremaster told News 3 Las Vegas the seizure was the largest in his county's history and credited proactive traffic enforcement, the K-9 work and coordination with Homeland Security Investigations. Highway 93 is a quieter north-south corridor away from Nevada's busiest interstates, and investigators quoted in local reporting noted that traffickers often use less-travelled highways to move loads. The drugs are described by authorities as suspected until laboratory confirmation and court proceedings are complete.

Sources: U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada / Department of Justice announcement reported by Fox News, October 2026; News 3 Las Vegas (KSNV); Daily News Cycle, October 2026.