Suspected DUI driver told deputies he swallowed fentanyl during traffic stop

Storey County Sheriff's Office is looking for witnesses after a DUI traffic stop in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center.

In a post on Facebook, the sheriff's office says it started Wednesday when a deputy attempted to make a traffic stop on a suspected DUI driver on USA Parkway.

The driver did not stop, and deputies say he began to drive recklessly at a high rate of speed.

Deputies eventually stopped the driver on Britain Drive in the parking lot of a business. When the driver was taken out of the car, he told deputies that he had swallowed 6 to 8 grams of Fentanyl.

The driver, 28-year-old Blaze Thomas was taken to a hospital for treatment.

He will be booked into the Storey County Detention Facility on multiple charges once he is medically cleared.

If you witnessed any of this incident you're being asked to call the Storey County Sheriff's Office at 775-847-0959 and reference case number 26-0865.