Two North Carolina men have been arrested and more than 200 pounds of marijuana and two vehicles were seized in a drug bust, Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said.
Deputies charged Edgar Quintanilla-Arteaga, 24, and Raudel Cortex Haro, 30, with trafficking more than 100 pounds of marijuana. Both men are from Charlotte, N.C., and were being held in the Spartanburg County Detention Center.
Jail records did not show whether the men had an attorney.
Investigators say Haro was driving a luxury sedan and was trying to act as interference for a pickup truck with an enclosed trailer. The cars were pulled over in a traffic stop after the sedan nearly hit a deputy's cruiser. A police dog alerted officers to drugs in the trailer.
Investigators say they also seized $1,143 from Haro.
Wright said at a news conference Friday that one kilogram — 2.2 pounds — likely "would supply a small drug trade for several months."
The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reported Saturday that investigators think they may have found a large operation. "Most middle men don't have a lot of stuff that these guys had," Wright said.
Neither vehicle seized was registered to either of the men arrested. The truck was registered in Rock Hill, the car had a North Carolina license tag.
Wright said the investigation will continue.
If convicted, each man faces a mandatory sentence of 25 years and a fine of $25,000 based on the volume of drugs involved.
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