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For Immediate Release
March 10, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
  (850) 651-7420

COCAINE ARREST  

        TWO MEN SUSPECTED OF TRAFFICKING IN LARGE AMOUNTS OF COCAINE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN OKALOOSA COUNTY FOLLOWING A JOINT INVESTIGATION BETWEEN THE OKALOOSA COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE, ESCAMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, BAY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, NICEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

       29-YEAR OLD RICARDO BECERRA (pictured left) OF 681 BRYN MAWR BOULVEVARD IN MARY ESTHER, AND 20-YEAR OLD HUGO HERNANDEZ (pictured right), ADDRESS UNKNOWN, ARE CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING IN OVER 400 GRAMS OF COCAINE AND CONSPIRACY TO TRAFFIC IN COCAINE.

      THE ESCAMBIA SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECENTLY STARTED THE PROBE INTO AN ORGANIZATION BELIEVED TO BE TRANSPORTING LARGE AMOUNTS OF COCAINE INTO THE LOCAL AREA.. AFTER THE START-UP OF AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION, INVESTIGATORS USED A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT TO LINE UP THE PURCHASE OF A HALF KILOGRAM OF COCAINE WITH A STREET VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY 15-THOUSAND DOLLARS. BOTH BECERRA AND HERNANDEZ WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER THE TRANSACTION WENT DOWN MARCH 9^TH AT 640 BRYN MAWR BOULEVARD IN MARY ESTHER.

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