KXO RADIO - Preliminary Hearing Set for Drug Suspects

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Written by George Gale
Monday, 16 October 2006
(THE PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR DRUG SUSPECTS HAS BEEN SET)....THE SUSPECTS, 42 YEAR OLD PABLO VASQUEZ CRUZ, 21 YEAR OLD SALVADOR MARIN GUTIERREZ AND 38 YEAR OLD RIGOBERTO AVILA LLAMAS, WERE ARRESTED AT A HOUSE ON DOGWOOD ROAD, NORTH OF THE EL CENTRO CITY LIMITS. OVER 5700 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE DURING A RAID LAST WEEK. IMPERIAL COUNTY NARCOTICS TASK FORCE COMMANDER MIKE LLOYD SAYS THE MARIJUANA WAS VALUED AT $7 MILLION. THE 3 WERE ARRAIGNED LAST WEDNESDAY ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOR SALE, CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT A CRIME AND POSSESSION OF A LOADED SEMI AUTOMATIC HANDGUN AND AMMUNITION. A PRE TRIAL HEARING WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, WITH THE PRELIMINARY HEARING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 24TH. LLOYD SAID MONDAY MORNING THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONTINUING AND THERE WAS STILL NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT CAN BE REVEALED AT THIS TIME. INVESTIGATORS WILL NOT SAY WHERE THE MARIJUANA CAME FROM, BUT HE DID SAY MOST OF IT WAS DESTINED FOR THE LOS ANGELES AREA. ALONG WITH THE DRUGS, A BIG RIG WAS CONFISCATED AT THE HOUSE BEING RENTED BY TWO OF THE SUSPECTS. AVILA LLAMAS IS REPORTEDLY FROM THE LONG BEACH AREA.