Two hundred pounds of methamphetamine with a street value of $7.2 million was found April 25 in a traffic stop on Interstate 80 near Milford.
The Seward County Sheriff’s Office said it believes this could be the largest meth bust in Nebraska.
A deputy with the Seward County Interdiction Task Force initiated a traffic stop on a Toyota Highlander for a violation of the Nebraska Rules of the Road near mile marker 382 eastbound.
During the traffic stop, the deputy became increasingly suspicious that the driver and sole occupant was involved in criminal activity.
A K9 was deployed for an exterior sniff of the SUV. As a result, a probable cause search of the SUV was conducted.
During the search, the deputy located a trash bag and three totes that contained a controlled substance.
Further investigation determined the substance to be crystal methamphetamine with a total weight of 200 pounds. The approximate street value is over $7.2 million.
Sergio D. Jaimezazueta, 44, of Stockton, California, was taken into custody without incident. Jamiezazueta was turned over to federal authorities for further court action.
Forty organizations will participate in the third annual Seward County Gives week May 4-9, with the goal of raising money for 40 different projects that will benefit area residents.
Giving begins Saturday, May 4, and will run through Thursday, May 9, with special events throughout the week.
Read more in tomorrow's Independent.
Third and fourth grade readers from St. John Lutheran School in Seward participated in a Page One competition and came home the winners.
Read more in tomorrow's Independent.
Concordia University will host its graduation ceremony Saturday, May 4, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Walz Arena.
Devin Slawnyk hit a first-inning home run for Centennial, but the rest of the game belonged to Louisville April 29. The Lions took down the Broncos 16-2. Centennial will play Douglas County West May 2 in the opening round of postseason play.
The Crete-Milford baseball team couldn't dig out of an early hole against Hastings yesterday, losing to the Tigers 6-4. Hastings scored three in the first, and while CM cut into the lead, it wasn't able to come all the way back. Jamie Ramos was 2-3 and scored two runs. CM will next be in action May 2 in the first round of the postseason.
The Malcolm baseball team jumped out to a 6-0 lead after the second inning and added three more runs in the fourth to pull away from Wayne 10-4 Monday. Luke Schmidt hit his seventh home run of the season and drove in three for the Clippers. Malcolm will host its district tournament starting May 2 and will play the winner of Maxwell/St. Pat's against Tekamah-Herman at 6 p.m.that night.
The Seward boys' soccer team fell short against Columbus Scotus 3-0 Monday in the first round of subdistrict play. The Jays end their season with a 4-10 record.
As the league’s top seed, Concordia baseball will host a four-team pod at Plum Creek Park May 2-4. Pairings had not been released yet - check back tomorrow for more information.
Because of the already wet field conditions and the projected forecast, the two brackets/pods for the 2024 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Postseason Softball Tournaments have been moved indoors to the American State Bank Complex in Sioux Center, Iowa.
Bracket play will remain on Wednesday and Thursday, May 1 and 2, 2024, with an adjusted time schedule. Concordia will play Morningside at 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday to open its tournament.
Crete will host the Central Conference track meet today beginning at 10 a.m. at Doane University. Seward is among the teams in the conference. It's the last meet for both teams before districts, which are Tuesday, May 7, at Norris.
