A NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE OFFICER IS UNDER ARREST, ACCUSED OF TRAFFICKING DRUGS. INVESTIGATORS SAY 33 YEAR OLD DANIEL CAPEHART OF BLOOMFIELD WAS STEALING QUANTITIES OF DRUGS SEIZED IN ARRESTS AND THEN GIVING SOME OF THE DRUGS TO WOMEN WITH WHOM HE WANTED TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP. HE IS ACCUSED OF DISTRIBUTING MARIJUANA AND METHAMPHETAMINE IN SAN JUAN COUNTY WHILE ASSIGNED TO PATROL DUTY IN THE FARMINGTON AREA. POLICE LEARNED OF HIS ACTIVITIES THROUGH INFORMANTS. CAPEHART HAS A PRELIMINARY HEARING IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE ON THURSDAY.
