Crime & Safety
Police Make Huge Cocaine Bust
Bust nets six arrests and 40 pounds of cocaine worth $8 million.
Sgt. Andrew Aninsman confirmed reports for Patch that made an $8 million drug bust Monday.
According to PhillyBurbs, six men were arrested and 40 pounds of cocaine was confiscated from a Bensalem warehouse. Public Safety Director Fred Harran said the warehouse was located on Haunted Lane and the arrests were made on State Road.
According to a release, the cocaine was alleged to have been transported from Mexico to the warehouse where they planned to redistribute it.
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The following were arrested and lodged in county prison on $1 million bail each:
- Alfonso Vallejo, 45, of Brownsville, Texas (Mexican citizen)
- Fernando Garcia, 31, of Philadelphia
- Arnaldo Rodriguez, 33, of Philadelphia
- Jairo Nunez-Dejesus, 35, of Allentown (Dominican citizen)
- Antonio Ferreira, 34, of Whitehall (Dominican citizen)
- Jhon Torres, 34, of Macungie (Dominican citizen)
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