August 30, 2024

LEHI, Ark. — On Thursday, August 29, 2024, around 6 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) stopped a 2024 Honda HRV on Interstate 40 East at the 271-mile marker in Crittenden County for a traffic violation.

Troopers searched the vehicle and found seven kilo bundles of cocaine hidden in the spare tire area of the trunk of the vehicle.

Troopers arrested the driver, Angel Lazala Soto, 59, of New York, and transported him to the Crittenden County Detention Center, where he was booked and charged with felony Trafficking of a Controlled Substance.

Lazala Soto told investigators he was traveling from Austin, Texas, to New York.