STRIKE TEAM DEPUTIES SEIZE COCAINE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP
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EL PASO, TX- On Monday, 12-12-2011 at approximately 8:15 PM Strike Team Deputies on patrol were traveling south at the approximate 700 block of Zaragoza, El Paso County,TX when they observed a blue over white in color Chevrolet pick-up truck traveling in the same lane and in violation of various traffic offenses. Strike Team Deputies conducted a traffic stop on the said vehicle at the 8800 block of North Loop. Contact was made with the driver and female passenger. The driver/subject was identified as 26 year old RIBEL GALLEGOS who became noticeably nervous during the roadside interview.
Deputies obtained verbal/written consent from the male driver for a further search of the vehicle. Upon further search of the vehicle, Strike Team Deputies found a black in color cologne box labeled “Gucci Guilty”. The box was located within the bed of the pick-up truck and contained four small bundles of a white powdery(rock) substance believed to be cocaine, each packaged in a clear plastic bag. Deputies performed a field test of the powdery substance which tested positive for the properties of cocaine. The total weight was 32 grams. Subject/Gallegos was booked into the Downtown Detention Facility for the offense of POSS CS PG 1>=4G<200G.
RIBEL GALLEGOS (26)
Charge: Poss CS PG 1 >=4G <200G / Bond: $30,000
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