Biscoe Man Faces Methamphetamine Charges
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A Biscoe man is in the Moore County jail today with a bail set at $1.25 million after being arrested on charges of selling methamphetamine.
Jose Mercado Salazar, 29, of 207 Bruton Street, Biscoe, has been charged with four counts of trafficking in methamphetamine in Moore County, according to a press release.
He is also facing charges of four counts of trafficking in methamphetamine, possession with intent to sell or deliver methamphetamine, felony possession of methamphetamine, and maintaining a dwelling to keep controlled substance by Montgomery County law enforcement officials.
Salazar’s arrest stemmed from a three-month undercover drug operation initiated by officers from the Moore County Sheriff’s Office narcotics unit, according to the release.
Salazar was arrested Tuesday in the parking lot of a Food Lion in Biscoe. At the time of his arrest, officers seized approximately 56 grams of methamphetamine, 126 prescription pills, including Percocet, Lorcet and Endocet, a .380 caliber handgun and $1,206. A search of his residence in Biscoe resulted in the seizure of an additional four grams of methamphetamine and digital scales.
The arrest was conducted by members of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Moore County Sheriff’s Office select enforcement and narcotic units, according to the release.
During the three-month investigation, Moore County Sheriff’s Office narcotics unit officers purchased and seized approximately 64 grams of methamphetamine, worth an estimated $18,600. The Drug Enforcement Administration also assisted in the investigation. After his arrest Tuesday he was placed in the Montgomery County jail.
Today, he was placed in the Moore County jail after the additional charges were filed.
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armywife009 2 years, 11 months ago
And it exactly how is our riff raff different from y'alls? All the snobs just want the place to theirselves. What about the people in Moore county who lives there and was willing to buy from this man? Answer that!!!
pottery_lover920 2 years, 11 months ago
My question is this, how much did Moore cty have to spend to make this arrest for someone living in Montgomery cty? Yes he came here and the low lifes of this county bought from him but what about the ones that have bought his illegal prescription meds? Were any of them arrested and made to pay for their bad choices. There are those of us who suffer everyday with pain and have a hard time getting our meds because of ppl like him and his customers. Doctors are so worried about giving meds to addicts they have a hard time giving to those in need. He needs to be sent back to his country and placed in prison there. You know that the prisons there are not as comfy as the ones here. Or so I have been told.
prfxshn 2 years, 11 months ago
Just another reason we need to follow in the footsteps of Arizona. The WalMart in Biscoe will surely go out of business if that happens.
gardengirl 2 years, 11 months ago
Desperate people have done and will continue do desperate things. This unconscionable and abhorrent behavior is more prevalent than the elitists from any community realize and/or care to admit - "riff raff" of society can be found in any county, even Moore County. Those of you who are the finger-pointing, faultfinding malcontents who make such ignorant, derogatory, subversive innuendos about a community and people who should "go back from where they came", whether it's another country or a few hundred miles north of this area, demonstrate just exactly the level of shallowness and arrogance that perpetuates the problem. How about devising a constructive and effective solution to the problems of society rather than insulting a community that more than likely does not condone criminal behavior?
Allison 2 years, 11 months ago
I'm curious too. Where did the money come from for the undercovers working for Moore County narcotics officers come from? And I also wonder why it took THAT much money and that many buys to figure out this dispicable worthless you know what was doing? I'm not sure it takes all that. I think somebody's dippin' in the cookie jar...
sanibel 2 years, 11 months ago
He probably wished he was still in the Montgomery Co. Jail. It is new and has an outdoor space unlike Moore County jail, very overcrowded, old, and no court yard which means no going outside except to court. Yes, all these people in jail may be criminals, but remember they are also human.
gardengirl 2 years, 11 months ago
@taxed2deth I happen to live, work, and pay taxes in Moore County and The Pilot isn't just for Moore County residents, duh. Enough of this inane discourse.
armywife009 2 years, 11 months ago
I enjoy reading the newspaper, that is not limited to just my county's paper either. What does it matter if I read it, I like it to. That has nothing to do with the situation at hand anyways.
bustedfriend 2 years, 11 months ago
I just wanted to clarify something. He is NOT in Moore County Jail, he is at Montgomery Jail. And I would like to know what his american "boss" will do now that his mexican employee was caught. Is he going to try to get the pills back? Is going to try to get the $1,206 and the shotgun back? Hummmm I was just wondering.............
Allison 2 years, 11 months ago
Hey commonjoe, you don't have to be so hostile to me. I do not think they should be allowed to roam free and do as they wish. Absoutely not. I hate what that crap is doing to our society and actually I think the law enforcement officers could be doing more. They know alot of places where it's been for years and let it keep happening. The double dipping comes in when the undercovers participate in doing the drugs too so they can fit in and get trusted. It's addictive to anyone and officers are not immune, nor always good.
recondo 2 years, 11 months ago
Hispanic Male arrested for meth...... From Biscoe !!! Who would have ever imagined that.... Man those detective must have been on the ball to catch such a rare crime like this, why i bet it doesnt happen more than 7 or 8 times a day... Seriously Guys Good Job I like to see real street level police work it is so much sexier than the Prescription Fraud cases that are given to you by the pharmacys
Allison 2 years, 11 months ago
Amen recondo.
Somebody needs to get busy, and I ain't callin' no names, but you know who you are. Bust 'em and handle it, or you perpetuate the problem. Wonder why? That's all I'm saying
bustedfriend 2 years, 11 months ago
I would like to know if the police will arrest the BIG fish, this mexican guy is just a small fish...I really would like to see here if the police got the white guy behind this mexican. Because we know that mexicans do not deal pills or meth, they handle cocaine, weed...they do not use meth or pills....do u guys think he had a cell? Maybe if he had cell they can contact the white people in his contact list...