NEW HANOVER COUNTY — A driver with large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine was arrested by the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday.
The NHCSO arrested Arnold Espana-Cruz after carrying out a traffic stop due to suspicious circumstances; Lt. Jerry Brewer told Port City Daily he did not know more details of context leading to the stop.
The sheriff’s office found Espana-Cruz did not have a license before the K-9 Deputy Coast searched the vehicle and found 1,000 grams of methamphetamine and 1,000 grams of cocaine.
Espana-Cruz has been charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine and Trafficking Cocaine. He is currently in the New Hanover County Detention Facility under a $3 million bond.
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