A big-scale drug trafficking operation came to an end after a Rankin County jury convicted a Texas man for moving a massive quantity of cocaine along Interstate 20.
Jorge Rodriguez, 36, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced to prison after being convicted of selling cocaine. The arrest resulted from a traffic stop performed by the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Interdiction Unit. Deputies got suspicious during the stop and used a K-9 unit to check the vehicle.
The K-9 notified officers of the presence of narcotics in the trunk area. After additional investigation, deputies discovered roughly 12 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside a tire that did not belong to the car Rodriguez was driving. Authorities stated the drugs were meticulously buried to evade detection, implying a concerted trafficking operation rather than a spontaneous or accidental incidence…