The cocaine has a street value of approximately $24,000 and another $28,050 in cash was found in vehicle.
03.05.2013 | STURBRIDGE -- 40-year-old New York City resident Ramon Suero, one of three suspects arrested by state police following a motor vehicle stop on Interstate 84, wore these bags of cocaine, worth about $24,000 on the street, strapped like a bandoleer around his body, state police said.
STURBRIDGE — A New York City man, one of three suspects arrested following a motor vehicle stop on Interstate 84 early Tuesday, had approximately $24,000 worth of cocaine packed in bags and strapped like a bandoleer around his body, state police said.
Trooper Dylan Morris stopped the livery van, eastbound on Interstate 84, and determined that the driver, Ferilyn Holguin, 27, also from New York City, had an outstanding warrant for driving without a license, state police said.
As he was being arrested on that warrant, Holguin requested that a passenger, 40-year-old Ramon Suero from New York City, take control of the van.
Further investigation revealed that Suero was concealing a kilo of cocaine in six heat-sealed bags strapped around his body, state police said. Suero was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine.
A second passenger, Manuel Perez, 44, of Lawrence, also had an outstanding warrant for driving without a license. He was arrested on that warrant.
During a search of the vehicle, state police found $28,050 in cash hidden in a black plastic bag.