I-70 Interdiction Nets Cocaine, Meth

Two Arrested, Charged With Meth & Cocaine Distribution

Faustino Martinez, 36, of Mexico
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Jesus Galvez, 27, of AZ
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Mesa County, Colo. -- On August 4, around 2:30 a.m., a deputy assigned to the Western Colorado Drug Task Force conducted a traffic stop near mile marker 16 on Interstate 70, eastbound. Two men were ultimately arrested in connection to large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine, located inside the vehicle they were traveling in.

Deputies located 6.4 pounds of meth and 8.2 pounds of cocaine in combined packages, inside the vehicle. Jesus Galvez, 27, of Arizona, was booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility on 2 felony charges of distribution of a schedule I/II drug(s) and a traffic violation. Faustino Martinez, 36, of Mexico, was booked into the Detention Facility on 2 felony charges of distribution of a schedule I/II drug(s).

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Packaged meth & cocaine located in the vehicle,
which Martinez & Galvez were traveling in.