A traffic stop for speeding resulted in a major drug seizure in Fort Mojave. Bullhead Police Department Public Information Officer Emily Frommelt said John Baxter, 57, of Bullhead, was driving a vehicle that crashed on the shoulder of Highway 95 and Lipan Dr. on Friday, Jan. 2, around 7 p.m. He said he did not have a valid driver's license when he was stopped. 20.
Fromert said a Mohave County Sheriff's K-9 alerted him to the presence of illegal drugs in the vehicle.
“Officers located two baggies containing drug paraphernalia and a large quantity of methamphetamine inside the vehicle,” Fromert said. Baxter also had methamphetamine in his pants pocket. ”
MAGNET detectives from the Bullhead City Police Department were called to the scene to assist in the drug investigation.
“Approximately 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine was seized from the vehicle,” Fromert said. “MAGNET executed a narcotics search warrant at the Baxter residence in the 1300 block of Lincoln Lane, where they located additional drug paraphernalia and approximately an ounce of methamphetamine.”
Baxter was booked into the Mohave County Jail in Kingman on a charge of transporting a dangerous drug for sale.
