Deputies Arrest Three, Seize 1.2 Pounds of Cocaine
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A two-month undercover investigation resulted in the seizure of more than 1.2 pounds of cocaine, six firearms and the arrest of three men in the parking lot of Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store in Vass Tuesday, according to a press release.
Arrested were Leonso Martinez-Vallejo, Austreberto Gabino Silvestre and Alejo Sandria Domiguez by officers from the Moore County Sheriff's Office select enforcement unit and narcotics unit after a search of a car in the store's parking lot yielded 1.2 pounds of cocaine, 13 grams of marijuana and $68. The arrests came after the sheriff's narcotics unit had purchased approximately 100 grams of cocaine over the course of the two-month investigation.
The estimated street value of the seized drugs was $51,140.
In a subsequent search of 3260 Underwood Road, Carthage, officers located the six firearms, including an assault rifle and a sawed-off 20-gauge shotgun, items of drug paraphernalia and $199.
Martinez-Vallejo, 38, of 140 Hiddenwood Road, West End, was charged with four counts of felony trafficking in cocaine, four counts of felony conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, felony conspiracy to sell or deliver cocaine, felony possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine and felony deliver cocaine. His bail was set at $150,000.
Silvestre, 29, of 142 Michaels Loop, West End, was charged with four counts of felony trafficking in cocaine, four counts of felony conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, felony conspiracy to dell or deliver cocaine, felony possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine and felony deliver cocaine. His bail was set at $150,000.
Domiguez, 21, of 317 Fourth Street, Sanford, was charged with four counts of felony trafficking in cocaine, four counts of felony conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, felony conspiracy to sell or deliver cocaine, felony possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine and felony deliver cocaine. His bail was set at $150,000.
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