OROVILLE, Calif. - Agents from the Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force and the Butte County Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Unit (SEU) helped the California Highway Patrol with a traffic stop on Larkin Road on Tuesday.

42-year-old Timothy Jones and 37-year-old Matthew Fuller, both from Oroville, were inside the vehicle.

A K9 named Vader alerted officers to contraband in the vehicle, leading to a search by law enforcement.

According to BINTF, agents found more than 88 grams of fentanyl in the center console, a scale with narcotics residue on the driver's floorboard, and drug paraphernalia throughout the car.

Authorities say that an additional 90 grams of fentanyl was found concealed in Jones' pants.

In total, agents seized more than 179 grams of fentanyl, a digital scale, and

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