Lafayette Parish Sheriff's deputies took a Texas man into custody on Thursday after they allegedly found about 9.6 pounds of cocaine in his vehicle during a traffic stop.

27-year-old Luis Estevis of Houston, Texas, was traveling through Interstate 10 in Lafayette Parish when he was pulled over just after 6:00 p.m. Narcotics agents conducting the traffic stop then brought out there K-9 who allegedly found the  packaged cocaine inside the vehicle.

photo from Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office
photo from Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office
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Estevis now sits in the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Schedule II Controlled Dangerous Substances.

SPEAKING OF K-9 PARTNERS

Earlier this month, Lafayette Parish Sheriff's deputy Keavin Richard and his new partner "Togo" completed the USK9 Handler Course.

 

 

DID YOU KNOW? USEFUL TIPS FOR DRIVERS

The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office recently put out this great informational video for drivers as it pertains to moving over or slowing down.

As you can see, it's important to know what to do when an emergency vehicle is in your area. If you can't move over, then SLOW DOWN to 20 miles per hour less than the posted speed limit.

It's also a great idea to move over a lane for other vehicles such as sanitation, utility service vehicles, and tow trucks. These vehicles - whether they travel in a stop-and-go nature or they are carrying a big load - deserve our respect and precaution as well.

LOOK: See how much gasoline cost the year you started driving

To find out more about how has the price of gas changed throughout the years, Stacker ran the numbers on the cost of a gallon of gasoline for each of the last 84 years. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (released in April 2020), we analyzed the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from 1976 to 2020 along with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for unleaded regular gasoline from 1937 to 1976, including the absolute and inflation-adjusted prices for each year.

Read on to explore the cost of gas over time and rediscover just how much a gallon was when you first started driving.

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