Pinal County Sheriff’s Office said it arrested a woman, who was disguised as a nun, and her husband on suspicion of trafficking $90,000 worth of fentanyl.

The woman, Esther Gomez De Aguilar, and her husband, Jose Aguilar Diaz, of Yuma were initially stopped Monday by a Pinal County Sheriff’s Office K-9 deputy on Interstate 10 just outside of Eloy for suspected equipment and moving violations, police said.

Aguilar appeared to be “dressed like a nun, with a Bible placed in her lap when the deputy approached the vehicle,” said Navideh Forghani, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff’s Office.

A search of the vehicle revealed four bundles of suspected fentanyl pills in Aguilar’s purse. Two additional bundles of suspected fentanyl powder were found on her body under her clothing, Forghani said.

Police seized a total of 8.5 pounds of suspected fentanyl, a synthetic opioid similar to morphine but more potent. 

“You can see they will use any means to try to conceal what they are doing,” Sheriff Mark Lamb said in a statement. 

Aguilar and Diaz and booked into jail on suspicion of possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics for sale and transportation of narcotics for sale, police said.

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