Deputies with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office found 8.5 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside the walls of an ice chest during a traffic stop.
According to a news release, the deputies pulled a truck over around 4 p.m. on July 7 on Interstate 10 at the 664 mile-marker.
Deputies searched and found bundles of cocaine hidden within the walls of the chest, the news release said.The vehicle’s driver, 31-year-old Gil Suarez Ignacio of Mexico, was arrested for felony cocaine possession.
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