Bus passenger arrested when investigators find pound of meth

Article publisher: 
Southern Oregon News Source - Mail Tribune
Article date: 
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Article category: 
Crime
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Federal and local drug investigators arrested a Washington man traveling on a commercial bus through Medford and seized a pound of crystal methamphetamine in his luggage.

The bus was headed north to Washington on Tuesday when U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations agents and the Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement team arrested Saul Temaj-Lopez, 28, of Aberdeen, Wash., officials said in a news release today.

Investigators had received a tip that a passenger was carrying drugs, the release said. Their investigation found about a pound of meth.

Temaj-Lopez was arrested on charges of delivery and possession of methamphetamine and suspicion of being in the country illegally. He remains lodged in the Jackson County Jail without bail.

Saul Temaj-Lopez - ICE hold