LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - One day after a major drug bust at a Lubbock motel, officials have released more details.
The Lubbock Sheriff's office with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Texas Department of Public Safety, Border Patrol, and Auto Theft Task Force completed an investigation into drug trafficking at three locations in Lubbock on Tuesday.
At the first location, an apartment complex under renovation in the 1600 block of 38th Street, officials seized 12 ounces of cocaine, two vehicles and a trailer. Juan Carlos Hernandez, 54, Alejandro "Alex" Alvarez, 51, Ricardo Saucedo-Diaz, 27, Humberto Fajardo-Cabrera, 24, Aroldo Parra-Ramirez, 20, were all arrested and charged with organized crime and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.
At the home of Hernandez, the second location of the drug bust, in the 1000 block of 83rd Street, cocaine packaging material was seized along with ammunition and over $7,000.
Then at Fajardo-Cabrera's residence in 5800 block of 24th Street, 1.5 ounces of cocaine was seized.
KCBD NewsChannel 11 is told that the Border Patrol agents were called into investigate the immigration status of a few individuals. We will continue to gather information on this story and will bring you the very latest as it becomes available.
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