LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Mesquite Police Department officers arrested a man after they found around 90 pounds of methamphetamine in his truck during a traffic stop on the I-15.

On Monday, a Mesquite officer stopped a black GMC pickup truck that was driving northbound on the I-15. When the officer spoke to the driver, they "observed several indicators of possible drug-related activity," police said.

The driver of the truck consented to a search of the truck and additional officers were requested to help. Before officers searched the truck, a Mesquite Police K9 was deployed and alerted to an odor of illegal narcotics coming from the truck.

Officers then searched the cab of the truck, where they found multiple checks written to the driver for $2,000, bearing memos linking the money to drug traf

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