This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.
(From the Baton Rouge Police Department)
(From the Baton Rouge Police Department)

BATON ROUGE, La. (WGNO) – A traffic stop on Interstate 12 in Baton Rouge led to the discovery of 48 meth infused candles valued at $5.1 million.

The Baton Rouge Police Highway Interdiction Unit stopped an El Expreso commercial passenger bus around 2:15 a.m. Thursday. While searching the luggage cargo area a narcotic’s K-9 discovered the meth candles in a suitcase.

Investigators say someone mixed meth in wax and disguised them as religious themed candles.

Authorities arrested the owner of the suitcase, 19-year-old Jose Antonio Rodriguez-Lara of Houston, Texas.

He is currently being held in the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail charged with distribution/manufacturing schedule 2 drugs.

Related:
36 bottles of liquid meth found during traffic stop in Baton Rouge