Utah Man Arrested in Arizona After Local Authorities Come Across Nearly $4 Million Worth Of Drugs In His Car

A Utah man has been arrested after authorities found a large amount of drugs in his vehicle, according to KUTV.

While traveling along Interstate 15 (near the Utah border) in Arizona, 30-year-old Logan Lewis Pederson, was pulled over, in a white Sudan.

According to KUTV, Pederson seemed to be “extremely nervous,” during the stop.

The K-9 unit of the St. George Police Department then began to help in searching the vehicle, which is when the drugs were spotted.

According to CBS News, the following drugs were found in the car search: six bricks of cocaine (13.2 pounds), six 1-gallon jugs of methamphetamine (66 pounds), 1,000 packages of candy filled with THC (206 pounds) and 2.2 pounds of methylenedioxymethamphetamine/ MDMA.

According to police, these drugs, added together, are worth an estimated $3,696,720.

Pederson is currently serving time at the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility, while he faces multiple felonies, according to KUTV.