Sunday, October 03, 2010
$1-Millon In Drugs Seized
KENTUCKY...
Police in Bowling Green say that they have stopped 70 pounds of cocaine from entering the drug market after catching a plane full of the illegal substances.
According to police, the Department of Homeland Security tipped off to the Bowling Green Police Department that a plane would be stopping in the south central Kentucky city to refuel on the evening of Oct. 1.
Police stopped the plane and seized 32 kilos (70.4 pounds) of cocaine along with the Piper Seneca twine engine plane from two Mexican men.
The total street value of the drugs is around $1,000,000.
Those two men, a pilot and passenger identified as Dagoberto Garcia-Guillen and Jesus Adolfo Garcia-Guillen, are facing drug charges including trafficking in a controlled substance to the first degree, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The pair have been sent to the Warren County Regional Jail and are being held without bond.
Police in Bowling Green say that they have stopped 70 pounds of cocaine from entering the drug market after catching a plane full of the illegal substances.
According to police, the Department of Homeland Security tipped off to the Bowling Green Police Department that a plane would be stopping in the south central Kentucky city to refuel on the evening of Oct. 1.
Police stopped the plane and seized 32 kilos (70.4 pounds) of cocaine along with the Piper Seneca twine engine plane from two Mexican men.
The total street value of the drugs is around $1,000,000.
Those two men, a pilot and passenger identified as Dagoberto Garcia-Guillen and Jesus Adolfo Garcia-Guillen, are facing drug charges including trafficking in a controlled substance to the first degree, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The pair have been sent to the Warren County Regional Jail and are being held without bond.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 7:47 PM 
