Cocaine with street value of $10m found in Mississippi SUV

Two women have been arrested on drug trafficking offenses in Mississippi after authorities found 51 pounds of heroin with a retail street value of about $10 million.

The huge stash of drugs was found in the back of the women’s SUV. 

The driver, Arlene Viridiana Moya, 23, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and her passenger Trisha Lynne Ibarra, also 23, of Laredo, Texas, were both taken into custody after police stopped them for a traffic violation and have been charged with aggravated trafficking of heroin.

Arlene Viridiana Moya, 23, from Mexico, left, and her passenger Trisha Lynne Ibarra, 23, of Laredo, Texas, right, were both taken into custody after police found 51lbs of heroin

Ibarra had her three-month-old child in the vehicle with her at the time of her arrest according to Nola.com. The baby is now in the care of Child Protective Services.

When police pulled over the car they already suspected that the SUV was carrying drugs.

The women agreed to have the car searched whereupon police found the drugs with 51 pounds of heroin hidden inside.

The wholesale street value of the heroin is estimated to be around $2 million but it has a retail street value of about $10 million.

The heroin came to 51 pounds which has a street value of around $10million