El Paso truck driver arrested in Nashville with 50 pound load of fentanyl
NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- An El Paso truck driver was arrested in Nashville late Thursday afternoon when Tennessee authorities said they caught him transporting a cache of illegal drugs.
Metropolitan Nashville police identified the trucker taken into custody as 48-year-old Danny Rhodes.
Investigators said his arrest came following a traffic stop of his big-rig along Interstate 40, which led to the discovery and seizure of more than 50 pounds of white powder believed to be fentanyl.
Two bags containing the drugs were found in the sleeper compartment of Rhodes' semi-truck after being detected by a drug-sniffing police drug, authorities said.
A traffic stop of a tractor-trailer on I-40 late this afternoon led to the discovery of more than 50 lbs of white powder, presumed to be Fentanyl, found in 2 bags in the sleeper compartment. MNPD dog Boston alerted to a drug odor. Danny Rhodes, 48, of El Paso, TX, arrested. pic.twitter.com/GpOInYsnRe
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) August 13, 2021
