Drugs seized (Source: BCSO)
Drugs seized (Source: BCSO)BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WMBF) Agents in NC have seized more
than $400,000 in methamphetamine in the largest methamphetamine bust in
Brunswick County history.
Deputy Del Routh, spokesman for the Brunswick County Sheriff's
Office, said agents with the BCSO as well as agents with the Wilmington offices
of the U.S. DEA made the bust after a two month investigation tipped off by an
anonymous tip.
Investigators executed searches at a home in the 2100 block
of Exum Road in the Ash area between Jan, 16 and Jan. 18 and seized two
kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, two firearms, a 1999 Chevrolet Blazer and
a 2004 Honda Pilot.
Three people were arrested and charged in connection to the
incident, Ruben Aquirre-Damian and Juan Agguirre-Mojica of Ash as well as Angel
Hernandez of Marietta.
Routh said Aguirre-Damian was determined to be the cell head
in southeastern NC for a bigger cocaine and methamphetamine drug ring based out
of Georgia. Additionally, the methamphetamine seized by agents was found to
have not been manufactured in NC.
Anyone with information in connection to the ongoing
investigation is asked to contact the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office at
910-253-2777 or the Wilmington DEA office at 910-815-4513.
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