A California man was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after police found eight pounds of methamphetamine hidden in a spare tire after he told them he had seen Yogi Bear in Yellowstone National Park

Manuel Paz Sanchez Jr., 32, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty in May to possession with intent to distribute meth, the Montana District Attorney’s office said in a news release.

According to court documents, Sanchez was stopped in a rental car by Montana Highway Patrol on Dec. 12, 2017 for trailing a car too closely. During the stop he told police he was driving to Bismarck, N.D. from Idaho where he had been visiting with family and planned to fly back to California once there.

Manuel Paz Sanchez Jr., 32, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years and eights months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty in May to possession with intent to distribute meth.

During the interview, Sanchez was unable to name the city he had visited but remembered that he had just come from Yellowstone National Park where he claims he saw Yogi Bear, FOX6 reported.

Suspicious of the man’s story, the officer asked permission to search the vehicle and Sanchez consented. In it, police found a spare tire that appeared to be deflated, something unusual for a rental car, they thought.

The tire was taken to a nearby repair shop where it was discovered that there were six vacuum-sealed packages containing just over eight pounds of meth – the equivalent of 30,000 does.

In addition to his prison sentence, Sanchez will have to undergo 5 years of supervised release.

The United States Coast Guard said that it was called Friday afternoon to the dive boat about 17 miles off Milwaukee about a woman who was unresponsive after surfacing.

Officials said the woman, identified as 53-year-old Susan Winn, came up about 300 feet rapidly, was unresponsive and did not survive.

Her husband, who is 53 years old, James Winn, did not resurface from his dive, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.

“This person was diving which means they had a buoyancy suit on, which means they may not be floating on the surface but maybe a couple feet under the water at which point it is even harder to find,” Coast Guard Lt. Phillip Gurtler told FOX6.

Authorities search off the coast of South Milwaukee on Friday night and Saturday morning for Winn before calling off the search around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Officials told FOX6 that he is now presumed dead.

One Coast Guard boat, one Coast Guard helicopter and three Milwaukee police units were seen searching for the missing diver.

The boat driver and two other divers on board were not hurt in the incident.

The couple from Kildeer, Illinois were experienced divers, officials told FOX6.