EPPD: Traffic stop leads to discovery of more than 25 pounds of cocaine

Investigators arrested and charged two people allegedly in possession of more than 25 pounds of cocaine.

Police officers stopped 36-year-old Sarah Mendoza as she was driving a Lincoln Navigator hauling a small trailer. Mendoza was allegedly speeding 60 miles per hour in a 50 miles per hour zone on I-10 East.

The traffic stop was made shortly after 3:00 pm in the 600 block of Executive Center.

Investigators identified 47-year old David Krahn as the front seat passenger in the Lincoln.

An El Paso Police K-9 allegedly located 10 bundles of wrapped cocaine inside the trailer. The total weight of the cocaine was 26.32 pounds.

Mendoza and Krahn were charged with “Manufacture/Delivery of Controlled Substance (Cocaine) Over 400 grams.” Both were booked into the El Paso County Jail on bonds of $500,000 each.