Kilos Of Cocaine Found In Cereal Boxes After CHP Officers Pull Over Driver

MERCED (CBS13) – Cereal boxes weren't enough to fool officers in Merced.

California Highway Patrol's Merced division says officers stopped a car on Highway 99 at Le Grand Road on Thursday. The car was pulled over for a tinted window violation, but officers also noted some suspicious activity and got probable cause to search the vehicle.

The cereal boxes officers found. Nothing too suspicious, right? (Credit: CHP Merced)

Officers soon found three cereal boxes. Instead of breakfast treats, however, a kilogram of cocaine was found in each box.

Investigators estimate the drugs found in each cereal box to be worth about $80,000.

Kilos of cocaine were found inside the cereal boxes. (Credit: CHP Merced)

The driver, whose name hasn't been released yet, was arrested and booked into Merced County Jail.

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