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Cocaine investigation leads to 7 arrests
By Times Staff
Published September 18, 2006
Drug investigations in Dade City and Zephyrhills on Friday resulted in seven arrests, the Pasco County Sheriff Office said. As a result of one undercover operation, three men were arrested in a McDonald's parking lot on U.S. 301 in Dade City after authorities say they arrived to sell 5 kilograms - about 11 pounds - of cocaine. The three men - Ismael Sanchez-Garcia, 23; Alberto Nunez-Santa Maria, 25; and Arnulfo Rosales-Hernandez, 31 - were charged with trafficking cocaine and conspiracy to traffic cocaine. A fourth man, 29-year-old Antonio Bailon-Cortez, was also arrested on cocaine trafficking charges when he tried to sell 5 kilograms of cocaine to an undercover law enforcement officer at the Wal-Mart in Zephyrhills, arrest reports say. Bailon-Cortez told deputies he got the drugs at a residence at 36001 Fairview Heights Road in Zephyrhills, authorities said. Deputies say they found cocaine and firearms in the residence. Investigators raided the home and made three more arrests on cocaine trafficking charges: Romero Vahana, 36; Alejandro Behena-Figueroa, 63; and Ted Velasquez-Hernandez, 22. In addition, another man, 19-year-old Francisco Padilla, was arrested at the home and charged with possession with intent to distribute.
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