Major DPS Drug Bust

On Sunday, July 19, 2009, at about 11:05 p.m., an Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) Officer stopped a northbound commercial vehicle, a tractor-trailer, for an equipment violation on State Route 87 near milepost 231. This is about 19 miles south of Payson. During a consent search the officer located 8.7 kilos of a high grade South American type heroin with a street value of $452,400. The inspection also revealed 50 kilos of cocaine with a street value of $1.4 million along with 300 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $157,500. The drugs, along with the tractor-trailer, were seized.

Arrested:

Driver: Albert Chrzaszcz, 36, of Surprise, Ariz.

Owner operator and Co-Driver: Jayson Lyle Shawd, 41, of Mesa, Ariz.

Charges:

Both suspects were booked into the Gila County Jail in Payson, Arizona on the following charges: Possession of a narcotic drug for sale, transportation of a narcotic drug for sale, possession of marijuana for sale, and transportation of marijuana for sale.