Search Warrant Leads to an Arrest
Matt BosterViewed: 6085
Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Jun 24 2016 4:06 PM
Montgomery: - After an intensive investigation into a drug trafficking organization, ALEA’s SBI Narcotics Bureau along with ALEA Tactical Team and Highway Patrol, Jefferson County Bessemer Division Office District Attorney Bill Vietch and federal agents conducted a search warrant, Thursday, June 23, at 300 Norwood Drive in Bessemer.
Juan Lopez was arrested for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Trafficking Cocaine. Items seized at the location include two kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of $200,000, one pound of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $45,000, U.S. Currency totaling $25,000, 5 handguns and 1 assault rifle.
Lopez was placed in the Jefferson County Jail Bessemer Division This is a major disruption of a large scale drug operation in the State of Alabama and a major inflow of drugs into the state has ceased. West Alabama Narcotics Unit also assisted in the investigation.
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