| December
5, 2001 |
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| Four
Arrested With Kilo of Cocaine |
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Mijia |
Aquirre-Sanchez |
Pavon |
Sabillon-Zelaya |
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| A drug investigation initiated by the Burke
County Narcotics Task Force resulted in the arrest of four men Wednesday
night. |
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| Miguel Antonio Mijia, 21, of 13 Archer Street in
Granite Falls; Jose Remedios Aquirre-Sanchez, 19, of 1508 Stovall Drive Lot 27
in Raleigh; Marco Tulio Pavon, 21, of 407 East Sandy Street in Magnolia, N.C.;
and Jorge Alfredo Sabillon-Zelaya, 17, of Wilmington Court Apt. 205 in Wallace,
N.C. are all charged with felonious drug trafficking, according to a news
release by the Task Force. |
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| The men are accused of selling a kilo (2.2 lbs.)
of cocaine to undercover officers at a Connelly Springs car wash near the Knob
area of Connelly Springs. The men were arrested without incident after
delivering the cocaine, investigators said. |
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| The Task Force seized a 1999 Ford Expedition
along with an undisclosed amount of currency. |
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| The men were jailed under $100,000 bonds and
will have a first court appearance on Friday. |
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| Officers from the Burke County Sheriff's Office
and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation also participated in the
arrests. |
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