What began as a pair of routine traffic stops in southwest Wyoming last fall and winter has turned into a $122,000 windfall for the state government.

A judge ruled last month that the State of Wyoming can keep $27,000 that troopers seized from a California man in November and $95,000 taken from two Virginia men in January. Uinta County District Court Judge James Kaste found that the money “was knowingly and unlawfully used or intended for use in violation of the Wyoming Controlled Substance Act.”

In less than a year, the Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) has significantly expanded its cohort of fentanyl-detecting K-9s as use of the synthetic opioid soars in Wyoming and across the country.

FOUNTAIN, Colo.—Signs of life are everywhere. Michael Lynch’s white pickup truck squats by the curb, as if waiting to take him to work. His orange snow skis rest against the living room wall, ready for the next hurtle down the mountains. And his old German Shepherd, Vito, sits on his haunches, prepared for their next avalanche rescue.

The 24/7 program requires individuals charged with DUIs to get tested for substances twice daily every day while awaiting trial for alcohol and drug related arrests.