{"id":67762,"date":"2024-07-05T11:56:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T15:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontheridgemagazine.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/lake-wales-man-busted-with-15000-worth-of-cocaine-in-cereal-box\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T12:25:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T16:25:36","slug":"lake-wales-man-busted-with-15000-worth-of-cocaine-in-cereal-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/lake-wales-man-busted-with-15000-worth-of-cocaine-in-cereal-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Wales Man Busted With $15,000 Worth Of Cocaine In Cereal Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Putnam County, Florida – According to The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Jose Morena, 24 of\u00a0Mountain Lake Cutoff Rd. and another man from Mexico were caught with $15,000 worth of\u00a0cocaine in a Honey Grahams box during a traffic stop.<\/p>\n

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office arrested 19-year-old Efren Zuniga of Mexico and Morena last week, March 28th.\u00a0According to the arrest report, both men were in a vehicle on Highway 17 South and Paradise Shores Road in Crescent City when a deputy pulled it over because of a faulty equipment violation.<\/p>\n

A Putnam County Sheriff’s Office K-9 sniffed the vehicle during the stop and indicated there were drugs inside, at which point deputies searched the vehicle and found the cereal box hidden in a duffel bag in the back seat.<\/p>\n

Deputies say the box had around 514 grams of powder cocaine inside. It has an estimated street value of approximately $14,000 to $16,000, per Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of the thoroughness of the deputies involved in this traffic stop, a great deal of drugs never made it to the streets of Putnam County,” said Putnam County Sheriff Jeff Hardy.<\/p>\n

Zuniga and Moreno are both charged with trafficking in cocaine. Zuniga’s also charged with having more cocaine in one of his pants pockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Putnam County, Florida – According to The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Jose Morena, 24 of\u00a0Mountain Lake Cutoff Rd. and another man from Mexico were caught with $15,000 worth of\u00a0cocaine in a Honey Grahams box during a traffic stop. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office arrested 19-year-old Efren Zuniga of Mexico and Morena last week, March 28th.\u00a0According […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":70618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fast-factual-free"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.winterhavendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/WinterHavenDaily-Trans-1.png?fit=400%2C240&ssl=1","aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t