BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Two women were arrested last week for allegedly driving on Interstate 5 with 10 pounds of suspected fentanyl worth nearly half a million dollars.

The California Highway Patrol said officers pulled over a vehicle along I-5 near Highway 223 in Bakersfield on June 7.

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According to CHP officials, an officer saw indications inside the vehicle that suggested two inside the vehicle “were involved in criminal activity.” Officers and a drug-sniffing K9 located a hidden compartment in the car’s dashboard that contained about 10 pounds of suspected fentanyl worth more than $454,000.

The two women — identified by CHP as Nieli Lugo, 30, and Victoria Olivas, 23 — were arrested and booked into Kern County jail for possession of fentanyl for sale and transportation of fentanyl, officials said in a statement.

Neither Lugo nor Olivas were listed as in-custody according Kern County jail records Monday night.

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