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Mesa County Sheriff, Todd Rowell, holds a bag of fentanyl-laced pressed pills, often sold as pure prescription drugs to unwitting customers, during a fentanyl press conference at the Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, April 20.

A man was arrested by Colorado State Patrol troopers Wednesday near mile marker 30 on Interstate 70 after CSP troopers said they found methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin in his car.

Eduardo Pena, 21, of Arizona was charged with three counts of possession of a schedule II controlled substance with intent to distribute and three counts of importation, all Class 1 felonies.