Two men were arrested in Amarillo on November 20 during a drug bust that discovered approximately $348,000 in methamphetamine and fentanyl, according to court documents.
The Amarillo Police Department learned that Jose Magana-Reyes and an unnamed man were going from New Mexico to Amarillo with around five pounds of meth and half a kilogram of fentanyl pills.
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Officers tracked down a gold van that matched the description on I-40 and traced it to a Motel 6 on Paramount Boulevard.
Magana-Reyes was spotted fleeing the front passenger seat, while the driver, Rosalino Misael Torres-Septimo, tried to run but was apprehended by police. Magana-Reyes attempted to flee but was captured immediately.
A search of the van uncovered five black tape-wrapped packages of probable meth, weighing around six pounds, stashed inside a spare tire in the back storage compartment. In addition, investigators uncovered a small bag containing around 808 grams of blue fentanyl pills in a concealed location inside the back passenger seat.
Authorities put the street value of the meth at $250,000 and the fentanyl at $98,000.
Both suspects waived their rights and told police that the white drug was meth and the blue pills were fentanyl. Magana-Reyes admitted that he intended to sell the pills for profit, while Torres-Septimo stated that he was paid $500 to deliver them. According to court filings, both individuals are in the United States unlawfully after having already been deported.
Cell phone searches apparently turned up additional proof of narcotics trafficking. Both males are currently in custody on counts of possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl.
