Mexico Resident Arrested in California for Allegedly Carrying 90 Pounds of Fentanyl Pills in Car

She was intercepted by Border Patrol agents on Interstate 10 in Indio.

Fentanyl-laced sky blue pills known on the street as "Mexican oxy" in a file photo. Drug Enforcement Administration via AP

A U.S. citizen living in Mexico was arrested May 14 after officers discovered over 90 pounds of fentanyl pills in her car during a traffic stop in California’s Coachella Valley, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.

Adriana Galindo, 34, who had been residing in San Luis Río Colorado, Mexico, was set to appear in federal court Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Riverside following her arrest on charges of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, prosecutors said May 16 in a statement.