Three arrested after troopers locate meth during traffic stop

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. -- Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol, with assistance from the WING Task Force, Bureau of Indian Affairs – Division of Drug Enforcement, and the FBI Badlands Safe Trails Task Force, arrested three people after locating 1.6 pounds of methamphetamine during a traffic stop Tuesday.
Early Tuesday, NSP received information of a vehicle suspected to be trafficking a controlled substance through western Nebraska.
The vehicle was believed to be traveling to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Around 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, a trooper located the vehicle, a Nissan Rogue, traveling northbound on Highway 385 near Gurley.
During the traffic stop, the trooper discovered that the driver, Breohnna Big Crow, had an outstanding warrant and was in possession of a controlled substance.
A search of the vehicle revealed about 1.6 pounds of meth and a smaller amount of psilocybin mushrooms.
The driver, 25-year-old Breohnna Big Crow, and passengers 37-year-old Monique Merrival and 33-year-old Dawn Dowty, all of Rapid City, S.D., were arrested for possession of meth with intent to deliver.
All three were lodged in Cheyenne County Jail. The Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office K9 unit also assisted in this incident.