ST. TAMMANY PARISH — Troopers from the Louisiana State Police made a routine traffic stop on I-12 in St. Tammany Parish on Wednesday, December 1, when they located and seized 18 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine.

Police say the street value of this amount is estimated at $2.2 million.

After discovering the illegal narcotics, troopers arrested Ricardo Guevara, 47 of Texas, for drug related charges and booked him into St. Tammany Parish Jail.

n the last 30 days, state police from all over Louisiana have seized over $6 million in illegal narcotics during the course of numerous traffic stops, they report.

Troopers seized approximately 37.5 kilograms of methamphetamine worth an estimated $4.6 million, 3.5 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $105k, 577 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $1.6 million, along with a variety of other illegal narcotics on Louisiana highways.

According to LSP spokesperson, troopers will continue to provide the citizens of Louisiana a safer community through proactive drug related enforcement and cooperative efforts with local and federal law enforcement agencies and will target local and multi-state drug trafficking organizations by enforcing all state and federal laws governing the illicit manufacturing, distribution, sale, and use of drugs.