Man stopped for speeding, arrested for having 44 pounds of meth
Police arrested a Los Angeles County man Friday, after driving over 100 miles an hour on the I-10 in Palm Springs and having 44 pounds of methamphetamine and a stolen gun in the car.
Sergio Peregrina, 62, of Bell Gardens was allegedly seen driving at high speed at about 1 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 10, east of Indian Canyon Drive.
After CHP stopped Peregrina’s 2016 Toyota Camry, officers found that he was driving on a suspended license and impounded the car. Officers later found 44 pounds of methamphetamine and a stolen, loaded handgun inside the Camry.
Peregrina was arrested on suspicion of transportation of drugs, possession of a stolen handgun and driving with a suspended license and was being held at the Riverside County jail in Indio on $1 million bail.
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