U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg says the arrests and cocaine seized, as well as methamphetamine and fentanyl, were made during a two-day training.
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Three people were arrested and 30 kilograms of cocaine was seized in an Columbia County drug sting, U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg toldOn May 28, during the first day of a"cooperative interdiction training" the Columbia County Sheriff's Office was doing with the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office, police seized 30 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of over $1 million, Handberg said.
"Most of our federal drug trafficking cases involve the three drugs that cause the most deaths in Florida," US Attorney said."Those are fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine. According to the Florida Medical Examiner, fentanyl caused 5,622 deaths in 2022, followed by cocaine with 2,598 deaths and methamphetamine with 2,193 deaths."
Handberg says after the deputies saw Villareal fail to stay within his lane of travel, they conducted a traffic stop on him after he merged onto I-75 South. "Several other red flags indicating potential criminal conduct were notable during this traffic stop, which the two deputies recognized," Handberg said."First, Mr. Villareal's Hyundai was a rental vehicle, but he couldn't recall who rented it for him. Second, although Mr. Villareal stated that he was driving from Pasadena, Texas to Haines, City, Fla. to visit family, he indicated that he intended to stay only a few days after making what was a 16 to 18-hour drive.
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