BULLHEAD CITY – Authorities report two arrests and the seizure of more than $12 million in illegal drugs during an Interstate 40 traffic stop last Thursday, February 20. Spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said Bullhead City police department narcotics task force (MAGNET) detectives pulled over a tractor trailer just west of Kingman at 6:30 p.m. “With assistance from K9 Lorka with the Arizona Department of Public Safety and K9 Chase with the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, detectives located approximately 168 kilograms (370 pounds) of cocaine and 220 pounds of methamphetamine,” Fromelt said in a news release. “Both have a combined street value…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies were called to investigate a suspicious man inside an RV, where the property owners were not at home. A man matching the description, Ellis Dan Handley, 42 of Lake Havasu City, was detained nearby. Handley was physically restrained due to repeated requests to remove his hands from his pockets. It was found that Handley possessed a gun in his pocket, along with drug paraphernalia. A search of his backpack revealed 45 rounds of ammunition, 4.8 grams of methamphetamine, 1.2 grams of a brown tar-like substance, and four Adderall pills. Handley…