{"id":288074,"date":"2025-10-09T02:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T02:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/288074\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T02:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T02:18:18","slug":"tip-leads-dallas-police-to-100000-and-162-kilos-of-meth-in-west-oak-cliff-traffic-stop-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/288074\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip leads Dallas police to $100,000 and 162 kilos of meth in West Oak Cliff traffic stop, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                   CBS News Live <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/keyart-texas-1920x1080.jpg\"   class=\"temp__img\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/live\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>          CBS News Texas<\/p>\n<p>          Live<\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dallas police seized about $100,000 in cash, a handgun, and 162 kilograms of methamphetamine \u2014 or roughly 357 pounds \u2014 during a traffic stop last week in West Oak Cliff, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The bust followed a tip that directed officers to the 4300 block of Communications Drive last Wednesday in pursuit of a suspect believed to have been trafficking illegal drugs, according to the Dallas Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>One person detained in bust<\/p>\n<p>That suspect, who hasn&#8217;t been named, was detained, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy chief praises community help<\/p>\n<p>In a news release, Deputy Chief Kylee Hawks \u2014 South Patrol Group commander \u2014 praised the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Getting any amount of drugs off the street is a win, and getting more than 160 kilos of meth off the street is a major success,&#8221; Hawks said. &#8220;Knowing this came from a tip means people want to help us make a difference in their community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Investigation remains ongoing<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News Texas will provide updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/doug-myers\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Doug  Myers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent time as a digital content manager for a national trade association and as communications director for a state agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CBS News Live CBS News Texas Live Dallas police seized about $100,000 in cash, a handgun, and 162&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":288075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,8963,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-288074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-north-texas","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115341814146542900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}