2 Illegal Immigrants Busted; $1M in Cocaine Seized
Cumberland County deputies confiscated almost $1 million in cocaine following a routine traffic stop Friday, authorities said.
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Deputies pulled over a 2001 Ford Explorer on Hope Mills Road at about noon Friday. A search of the vehicle turned up nine kilograms of cocaine hidden behind the driver's and passenger's seats, authorities said.
Javier Perez Zuniga, 25, and Roberto Silva-Tavira, 35, are charged with trafficking cocaine by possession, trafficking cocaine by transportation and conspiracy to traffic cocaine. They being held in the Cumberland County Detention Center on $250,000 secured bonds in connection with the seizure.
Both men are illegal immigrants and are residing at an unknown address in Fayetteville, authorities said.
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