Sheriff's office: $6K in meth discovered in traffic stop

Dillon Mullan, The Santa Fe New Mexican

March 2, 2021, 1:01 PM·1 min read

Mar. 2—Santa Fe County sheriff's deputies and state police pulled over three Clovis residents Sunday and arrested two of them on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine valued between $5,000 to $6,000.

According to a news release, a sheriff's deputy conducted a routine traffic stop of a sedan in southern Santa Fe County and found the driver, 38-year-old Lawrence Kolek, to have a suspended license.

After detaining Kolek, police searched front-seat passenger Nicole Flowers, 31, and found two grams of meth and a handgun, according to the news release. In the backseat, 43-year-old Joshua Martinez, who was recently discharged from probation and parole for first-degree murder and armed robbery, was found trying to conceal over a pound of meth, according to the news release.

Martinez was charged with trafficking by distribution, concealing identity and possession of drug paraphernalia. Flowers was charged with felony possession of a firearm, concealing identity and possession of a controlled substance.

Both were booked into the Santa Fe County jail. Kolek was issued citations for his suspended license and lack of insurance but not arrested.

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