A pair of suspected drug traffickers were arrested and more than a dozen guns were seized during an undercover operation in Miami, authorities said. NBC6’s Christian Colón reports
A pair of suspected drug traffickers were arrested and more than a dozen guns were seized during an undercover operation in Miami, authorities said.
Miami Police said the arrests happened during an all-day "narcotics buy-bust operation" on Thursday involving the DEA, Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office and the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office.
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WATCH HEREThe suspects, Jose Benjamin Corujo, 31, and Jose Andre Reyes, 26, were arrested on charges including cocaine trafficking, possession of cocaine with the purpose of trafficking, and attempted sale of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a church or convenience store, arrest reports said.
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Police said the arrests happened in a shopping center parking lot near Northwest 57th Avenue and 7th Street.
Authorities later executed a search warrant at a home in the 2300 block of Northwest 31st Street where they seized guns, drugs and other contraband, police said.
Among the items seized were 10 rifles including an AK-47, three revolvers, ammunition and magazines, over 180 grams of cocaine, about 485 grams of marijuana, 6.5 grams of oxycodone, a little under one gram each of Adderall and Xanax, $782 in cash, police said.
Both met were found to be in violation of probation, with Reyes previously charged with attempted murder and Corujo charged with battery on a law enforcement officer.
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The two men were booked into jail and were expected to appear in bond court Friday.
