Trucking news and briefs for Friday, June 30, 2023:
A CHP officer found 95 pounds of suspected meth in four suitcases in a trailer this week.California Highway Patrol
The driver was detained after being stopped on northbound Interstate 5 at about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, June 28.
During the routine traffic stop, the CHP officer noticed what police called "several indicators of criminal activity." The officer called for a drug-sniffing dog, which gave a positive indication of the presence of drugs in the trailer, where four suitcases containing the drugs were found.
CHP said the driver was booked into Kern County Jail on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine for sale and transportation of the drug across noncontiguous counties.
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In a notice set to publish in the Federal Register Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services is notifying federal agencies of the laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities (IITFs) currently certified to meet the standards of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs using urine or oral fluid.
