The two suspects were identified as 30-year-old Martha Lopez and 31-year-old Tanya Solis. Over half a million fentanyl pills were found in the collagen supplement containers with an estimated street value of up to 2.5 million dollars to 3 million dollars. >> We got a full house in here. Hey, I'm Officer Sharon Cashman Police Department. Hey, the reason I stopped you, you're going a little fast. Do you know what the speed limit is here? >> 75. >> Yeah, I got you going approximately about 80, okay? >> Oh, okay. I'm sorry. >> All right. Um do you got your license, registration, insurance? What's this? >> That's my driver's license. >> You don't even have a driver's license. You can't even be driving. >> I know. It's cuz she got tired. I didn't want to, you know? >> Did you just not have a license or is it suspended? >> It's suspended. >> Do you know what it suspended for? >> Um for >> For DUI? That's not good. You'll have a criminal record. >> Yeah, she got tired. I didn't want to drive, but >> All right. Here, come back here and let's talk to me. Try to figure out what we can do for you. Why did you pull over on the left side of the road? >> I know she told me, but I just cuz I thought when you're on the highway you're supposed to pull to the left. I've never been pulled over on the highway, so I wasn't sure. But she told me right after I did it. I was like, "Oh my god, I like I messed up." >> I'm going to talk to you over here on the left side of my vehicle just because I don't want to be that close. That's good right here. You can sit right here in front of my car, okay? Thanks. Where are you guys coming from now? >> We're visiting my family. >> Oh yeah, your family? >> And her my friend's daughter, her dad is in Mexico, so she went to take him to go see him. He was deported like a I think like a few weeks ago. >> Who's all in the car now? >> Me, my friend, her daughter, and her niece. >> None of your kids? >> No. >> So she got tired and that's why you're driving? >> 223. >> I started driving. >> What's the name of uh you said it's her husband or boyfriend? What's his Where are you heading now? >> Back home to Mesa. >> Nothing illegal in car? >> No. >> I ask everybody. >> No. >> So, your license is suspended for DUI. You said nothing illegal in the car? >> No. >> Uh methamphetamine? >> No, nothing. We have kids in here. >> Cocaine? >> No. >> Marijuana? Fentanyl pills? Nothing like that? Okay. I'm going to cite you for the criminal citation, okay? And you'll get a court date and the time to appear, okay, on that thing. Um this area is a high drug trafficking area. I'm sure there's nothing in here. Um is it okay if I search the car? >> Um it's her vehicle. I I don't mind, but if you just want to ask her, that's fine. >> Okay. Okay, since you Since you gave me permission, I'm going to talk to her real quick. Hey, can you come out here and talk to me real quick? >> Hey, hold on. Let me get I want to make sure you don't get run over. >> Hey, uh I talked to her a little bit about about anything illegal in the car. She said there's nothing in there. She gave me permission to search it. And now you're the owner of the car? >> Yeah. >> So, I'm just asking you for permission to search it. Is that okay? >> Yes. >> Okay. Uh I'm going to have you come back over here. We'll get everybody out. And like I said, I'm just going to cite you for the uh driving on a >> Uh >> driving with a suspended license. Cuz you can't be driving like that. You know that. With your permission to search, we'll search it. When I'm done doing that, I don't expect to find anything because you guys have been pretty honest with me, but uh then we'll get you guys out of here, okay? And then I'll have you drive if your license is good, okay? >> Yeah, you can drive. >> What's that? >> My license. >> Yeah. Why you know she doesn't have a good driver's license? Why you letting her drive? >> Um I got tired. >> If you guys need to talk to me by any means, call over to this officer and he can talk to me, okay? >> Hey, Sheriff. There's a gun under the passenger front seat. >> Okay. 15. 267 have any questions I can answer for you? Okay, we'll be right back. >> He's intoxicated with her now. >> for transport. Yeah, we're going to need two units for transport. >> You guys just put your kind of butts against my car, please. Just stand right there, okay? >> Let's put uh one down there and and you can >> You got no weapons on you, right? >> No. >> So, these are This is your uh one of your daughters? In the event that we need to have someone come pick them up, who can come get them? >> Like out here? >> We can take them probably back to the police department. >> Yeah, I can have a friend come up. >> Who's your friend? >> Hosco. >> I mean, like we want to make sure we give them to somebody who's responsible. Where's uh their dad? >> Uh I'm fighting custody for her and her dad's not here. He's in Mexico. >> Okay. >> The temporary guardian will be my mom. >> Would your mom come get them? >> She doesn't know how to drive that far. >> Hosco, you said? >> Hosco. >> Hosco? >> Yeah, he's just a friend. >> And how old is he? >> 27. >> 27. All right, well I got to make sure it's okay with my supervisor that they that they go. If that's okay, then we'll we'll work on it. for questioning. >> I'm Officer Jackson. >> Um Tanya, right? >> No, Tanya's my friend. >> Martha, I'm sorry. So, I'm Officer Sharon, I'm the case officer. I was the same officer that stopped you today. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. Do you understand these rights? >> Yes. >> Okay. Um obviously I stopped you, you were going a little fast. And even though it's five over, it's it's still dangerous. When I started talking to you at first, you obviously were a little hesitant to give me your license probably because it was >> Suspended. >> Suspended. And you told me that you had a DUI. So obviously you know you're not supposed to be driving a vehicle, right? When I searched it, there was The first thing I saw was a pill bottle. And I opened up that pill bottle and obviously it wasn't what it was supposed to be in there. There's There was a lot of fentanyl in the car, okay? Um the main thing that you can do right now, the best thing for you is is to be honest with me, okay? So let's let's start kind of from the beginning how we got to this point. It's a ton [clears throat] of fentanyl. It's very serious. Obviously you know that fentanyl is dangerous, right? >> Yes. Yes. >> It's the number one threat to our country right now. People are dying every day out of it. And you're facilitating it by bringing it into this country, okay? >> Yeah, I mean I don't I don't really know anything. We just went down We were there for 2 days and I mean I don't I don't know what I was doing. They didn't >> Okay, well, your luggage is in the car, right? >> Yes. >> All right. There's a two briefcase two suitcases in the back, okay? So you guys went down and you came back and there's property in the car that wasn't there when you guys came down, right? Okay. So obviously you'd have some questions. Why is there a bunch of property in the car, right? Okay, so what did you Where did that come from? >> I don't know. >> You have no clue where that came from? Okay. So what do you think it was? >> Well, I thought it was collagen pills. I I mean I don't know. I didn't know that there was anything else in there. >> Who picked up the collagen pills? Why Why did you have them in the car? >> Um I don't even know how they got there. >> Okay, so you obviously knew they were in there cuz you said you thought they were collagen pills, right? >> yeah, but I don't I don't even know when they got there or anything. [music] I have >> You don't know when they got there. And that doesn't concern And that didn't concern you. >> But I mean I mean honestly I didn't ask any questions. I know it sounds dumb, but I I don't know. >> But it didn't concern you that you went down Mexico for a couple days and then you came back and you have a ton of property in the car that you don't know how it got there, who it belongs to. >> Honestly, I saw like two bags and that was it. I didn't I don't know what else is in there. I have no idea. >> Okay. Well, uh you're facing some serious felonies tonight. Possession of a narcotic drug for sale, transportation of narcotic drug for sale, endangerment. You put two kids in danger. You would agree, right? >> Yeah, I mean they're my aunt's two little kids, yeah. >> Knowing now that there was close to 500,000 fentanyl pills in that car, you would understand how that would be dangerous towards those kids, right? >> Yes, of course, yeah. >> Okay. What do you think should happen to someone like you that comes across and brings this amount of fentanyl pills into the the country? >> someone that's bringing that amount I mean I don't don't know what would happen and I have I don't know. I don't know what to even say, honestly. >> Okay. So, you went down to Mexico with your friend, right? How do you guys know each other? >> Uh we've been friends for over 15 years. >> Uh did you guys ever have a discussion about the collagen pills that were in the car? No? You just saw all the property in the car but you just never wanted to have a discussion about it. >> honestly did I didn't ask any questions. I just At one point when we were just coming back she was just tired asking if I could drive and I drove it. >> And I'm sure that you guys co-conspired to go down there and pick him up. I don't believe you're being honest or truthful with me. And here's the deal. We have your phone, okay? >> Okay. >> Your phone's going to give us all the information that we need. They [music] can do a digital download over through your carrier, it will actually give us GPS locations, it will give us text messages, it will give us everything that's happened. So, right now I'm giving you a chance to be Be with me and tell me the truth. >> Yeah, no, and I don't I don't know anything. >> Okay, so your phone's not going to have any information about you driving down to Mexico to pick up fentanyl pills and you're coming back. Okay. All right, hands out, okay? >> Now, the officer will question the other friend separately to see if she gives more or different details. >> When did you guys first notice that those were in the vehicle? >> We were asked like if we could bring them, but I didn't know what it was in there. >> Okay, so someone asked you to bring them. I wonder who asked you to bring them. >> A family member of hers, but I have no clue. >> A family member of yours? >> No, no, of hers. >> Of hers? >> Yeah. >> Okay, you have no clue what family member. Okay, boy, girl? >> No, we were just chilling at the house and >> All right, let me start over a little bit. I know that you guys didn't go down on Sunday, okay? Because there's what we have called LPR readers, right? At the border, I just looked at it and you guys came down yesterday, okay? So, don't start the conversation off lying to me because once you lie, it tells me that you know more than something, obviously. Like, how can I trust you for the rest of this conversation if you're not going to be honest with me, right? So, please, please, please be honest with me. I'll ask you again, so you went down yesterday. Where did you guys go once you crossed the border? >> We went to a hotel. >> Okay, what hotel? >> Um >> You guys knew you were there to pick something up, right? >> Yeah. >> Okay, so what was the understanding when you got there? Like, take me through it. What what happened when you got there? >> They sent my address to pick up um something and that's why we did it over there. >> Was that today? >> Yeah. >> Okay, so they sent you they sent her an address on her phone. >> Yeah. >> That's where you guys went to go pick up pick it up. >> Yeah. >> What time did you guys pick up those items? >> 1:00 p.m. >> After picking them up, where did you guys Let's from there? >> Straight here. >> Straight here. Okay, So, you had to have had pretty good knowledge that what you guys were taking back wasn't collagen pills, right? >> They just said it was like a big amount of like medication and all that. We couldn't like report like, you know, report it online cuz we were going to get like taxed. >> So >> understanding was. >> So, it's her connect, basically, that says, "Hey, come to this address." Did you drive there or did she drive you to that house? >> She did. >> And then, how does the product get into your vehicle? >> They started loading it. I was sitting in the living room. >> So, you were in the living room of the residence, and then they went outside and started loading the car. When you say they, how many people? >> Just two. >> You had to have had some concern, right? Cuz that's not a That's not a normal, right? Uh something someone normally do, right? Were you concerned that it was something illegal? >> Yes and no at the same time. >> You have close to 500,000 fentanyl >> pills in your car. Good car. Okay. >> Well, I'm telling you that's what it is right now. Um so, pretty serious charges, obviously. You guys co-conspired to go down there to pick it up. The severity of the crime is pretty bad. Fentanyl is killing a ton of people, and you guys are introducing it into this country. >> Mhm. >> Is there any part of you that feels bad that >> Well, knowing what it is, yes, cuz right now we're going through a case with my little sister. I don't know what type of drug she's doing, and that's why we're keeping her case. >> Well, you guys didn't go down to visit family, obviously. That was a lie, right? Be honest. It was a lie, right? >> Yeah, I did not know what it was. >> But, you knew you were picking something up, right? So, your friend, what was the conversation like? What she say? What made you guys come down here? Cuz we know it wasn't to visit family, so what did she tell you? >> That um if I was like going to like the third to pick up something and I was like, "What kind of things?" And she's like, "Oh, it's medication." >> And then you said, "Yes." >> Yeah. >> And then when you saw all these things being loaded in your vehicle, you had some current concerns. You told me that it may be something illegal or may not be something illegal. Don't you think that would have been a good time to pull out of it? To say no? >> I was unsure like what to do. >> Here's the deal. I've been doing this a long time. They they may have said, "Hey, just tell if you get caught, tell them this is the story." They were taxes, whatever. You knew what you were doing. You knew what you were doing. >> to be honest. I did not know. >> Okay. I'm going to go talk to her for a minute. I'm going to leave you in here with uh Officer Wilson. You got the gist of everything that happened? >> Yeah. >> I'll be right back. All right. So, this is looking worse and worse for you, okay? Because I talked to her and she told me a completely different side of the story, okay? I'm going to tell you exactly what's going on and I'm going to give you a chance to be a little more honest with me, okay? >> Okay. >> Do you want to tell me anything different before we have this conversation? No? No? Okay. So, her story is completely different than yours. Her story is that it's your connect down there. You guys went down there. You stayed one night at a hotel. Today you received an address. You went to the house. You received an address to where to go, okay? You guys went to the house where the vehicle was loaded and you asked for the ride to come down to Mexico to pick a product, okay? I'm going to give you a little opportunity to be a little more honest with me. Tell me the truth on what happened. >> No, I I don't know. I don't know. >> So, she's lying to me. >> I I don't want to call her a liar, but I don't >> Well, you are because she she told me a completely different side of the story than yours. >> I don't I don't know. >> Today, did you get a a message on your phone on where to go to pick up those those bottles? >> No. >> No, that never happened. >> No. >> Okay. All right. Well, if you're going to sit here and lie to me then I have no more reason to talk to you tonight, okay? Do you want to tell me anything different? Okay. Hey, um so what what did you guys get What did you guys get paid to do this? Like for this load that you guys brought, what what did you guys get paid or what are you guys supposed to be paid for it? >> I'm not sure what he's supposed to get paid. I'm not sure. This is a new person that I went with in the work van. So, I don't know how much he was paid. >> In the past, how much were you guys getting paid? >> Okay. >> Per booking, taking each load. Okay. And how many pills did you guys do that time? >> It was half of what we brought today. We don't know how many pills are, just the containers. I'm going to say 80. >> 80 containers. So, it's likely that you would have got paid 20,000 for this if it was a double. >> Yeah, more likely. >> Okay. All right, hang tight. Okay, you got any questions for me right now? >> Do you know if my daughter has been contacted? >> She hasn't yet, but I'll let you know.