May 22, 2025

Police Find $250,000 of Fentanyl During I-65 Traffic Stop

By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News

May 22, 2025

CONECUH COUNTY, Ala. Deputy sheriffs say that they conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 65 and that during the interaction with the driver, he appeared nervous, and deputies noticed a few things off about the vehicle as well.

Deputies were able to develop probable cause and conducted a search on the vehicle and found $250,000 worth of fentanyl.

During their search, law enforcement found a car battery that had been modified to conceal drugs which contained 15 pounds of fentanyl.

Tobias Billingsley, 32, from Knoxville, TN is being held in the Conecuh County jail on a one-million-dollar bond, according to the sheriff’s office.

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