20 kg of cocaine worth just under $2 million recovered in Greensville County
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GREENSVILLE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Twenty kilograms of cocaine with a street value of just under $2 million were recovered by police during a traffic stop in Greensville County.
At 8:49 a.m. on Wednesday, April 23, Virginia State Police pulled over a vehicle on Interstate 95 in Greensville County for following too closely.
Police said a narcotics canine then gave a positive alert, after which the vehicle was searched. Twenty kilograms of cocaine were found with an estimated street value of just under $2,000,000.
Thirty-six-year-old Joel Garcia-Damian of Doral, Fla. and 23-year-old Luis Abdiel Padilla-Martell of Miami, Fla. were both arrested and charged with "possession with intent to distribute and transport of narcotics into Virginia with the intent to distribute," according to officials.
(Photo: Virginia State Police)
(Photo: Virginia State Police)
Both had hearings in the morning on Thursday, April 24, in Greensville County General District Court.
