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Six kilos of cocaine found during I-5 traffic stop Juan Yonic Perez-Palafox Friday Mar 31, 2017 at 2:34 PM Mar 31, 2017 at 4:35 PM A Washington man is in jail after Oregon State Police troopers reportedly found about six kilograms of cocaine in his vehicle early Friday. An OSP trooper stopped Juan Yonic Perez-Palafox, 30, for an unspecified traffic violation, on Interstate 5 near milepost 33, according to a news release. He was the only occupant in the vehicle, a 2007 Mercury SUV. The trooper said he suspected "criminal activity," and Perez-Palafox allegedly consented to a search. The trooper found the cocaine in the vehicle's back seat. Whether it was concealed or in plain sight was not immediately available. Police arrested Perez-Palafox and lodged him in the Jackson County Jail. He is held on charges of possession, delivery and manufacture of cocaine, with bail set at $27,500, according to jail records.