According to the release, court documents state that during a June 25 investigation, “law enforcement observed an alleged drug transaction” at a Tooele gas station involving a woman, Fabiola Garcia, 34, of Ogden.

Garcia approached a semi-truck at the gas station, the release stated.

Following the alleged transaction, Garcia and Joseph Anthony Gomez, 37, of Ogden, traveled in a Ford to a nearby hotel, where law enforcement detained them, according to the release.

The Tooele City Police Department, with the assistance of a K-9 unit, conducted a sniff around the Ford, “and a K-9 alerted positive for the presence of narcotics,” the release stated.

While searching the vehicle, “law enforcement located and seized approximately 10,000 small blue pills marked ‘M30,’ which field-tested positive for fentanyl,” according to the release. The pills were inside a black fanny pack, which “appeared to be the same fanny pack Garcia had after she approached the semi-truck,” the release stated.

The approximate weight of the pills was 1,170 grams, according to the release.

Luis Angel Camacho-Soto, 26, who is not a United States citizen, according to court documents cited in the release, was detained from the semi-truck, “and a K-9 alerted positive to the presence of narcotics within the semi-truck,” the release stated.

Approximately 10,000 small blue pills marked ‘M30,’ which weighed more than 400 grams and field-tested positive for fentanyl, were seized by law enforcement, according to the release.

Garcia and Gomez are charged with “possession with intent to distribute fentanyl,” while Camacho-Soto has been charged with “distribution of fentanyl” and “possession with intent to distribute fentanyl,” the release stated.

A four-day jury trial is scheduled for 10 a.m. Sept. 22 at the Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse in Salt Lake City before a U.S. District Court judge.

Contact Standard-Examiner editor Ryan Comer at rcomer@standard.net.