{"id":308786,"date":"2025-10-16T19:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/308786\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T19:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:10:11","slug":"10-kilograms-of-methamphetamine-laced-with-fentanyl-seized-at-downtown-hotel-bcso-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/308786\/","title":{"rendered":"10 kilograms of methamphetamine laced with fentanyl seized at downtown hotel, BCSO says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 Ten kilograms of methamphetamine laced with fentanyl were seized at a downtown hotel, according to the Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In a news conference on Thursday, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said the seizure happened on Wednesday night at the Tru by Hilton hotel on East Houston Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Yolanda Ramos Ponce, 38, and Tomas Hernandez Jr., 22, were arrested on drug possession charges, Salazar said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Salazar referred to the duo as \u201clow-level mules\u201d and said that investigators are working to \u201cfind a bigger fish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities had executed a search warrant in a room at the hotel after receiving a tip. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Upon arrival, Salazar said investigators discovered that the drugs were being stored in a secondary room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Salazar also said the drugs had a street value worth between $500,000 and $800,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He stated that fentanyl is typically used as an \u201cingredient to drive addiction\u201d and that the drug is 50 times more addictive than crack cocaine. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Salazar added that upwards of 90% of fentanyl brought into the U.S. is done so by U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Texas Department of Public Safety assisted BCSO in this seizure. The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read also:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Ten kilograms of methamphetamine laced with fentanyl were seized at a downtown hotel, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":308787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,24545,4219,7236,1230,24094,7202,7203,97974,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-308786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bcso","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-downtown","12":"tag-drugs","13":"tag-fentanyl","14":"tag-san-antonio","15":"tag-sanantonio","16":"tag-sheriff-javier-salazar","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-tx","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115385429247544529","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308786","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=308786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}