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Deputies: Kansas man transporting 18 pounds of meth

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On Sunday afternoon, Javier Romero-Ochoa of Kansas City was arrested for possession with intent to distribute over five kilograms of methamphetamine, failure to affix a drug tax stamp and operating a motor vehicle without a license. 

The Fremont County Sheriff's Office said a narcotics K-9 found approximately 18 pounds of meth after the vehicle was stopped for multiple traffic violations. 

Romero-Ochoa is being held at the Fremont County Jail on a cash bond of $100,000.