IDAHO FALLS — A 26-year-old man was arrested after a traffic stop led officers to find 226 grams of cocaine and 1.5 pounds of marijuana with a child in the vehicle.

According to court documents, an officer with the Idaho Falls Police Department saw a black Jeep Cherokee speeding north on Interstate 15 at 90 mph and initiated a traffic stop.

The vehicle was registered to Miguel Angel Beltran Higuera. Beltran Higuera, who did not have a valid driver’s license, was the driver, police said.

A K9 was used to conduct a free-air sniff on the Jeep, and it indicated the presence of drugs inside the vehicle.

A search of the vehicle was conducted, and inside the center console were two bundles wrapped in plastic wrap, police said. Two more were found within the dashboard.

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