Wake deputies seize 24 pounds of meth, arrest two men from Charlotte
Two men from Charlotte were arrested Monday with what Wake County sheriff’s investigators said was more than 24 pounds of methamphetamine worth more than $3.3 million on the street.
The two were in a 1999 Ford pickup truck that deputies stopped at Interstate 440 and Poole Road in mid-afternoon, according to arrest records.
The sheriff’s office said the arrests of Mario Alberto Llamas-Hernandez, 37, and Gonzalo Alberto Hernandez, 23, resulted from an extensive investigation that is continuing.
Two counts each of trafficking in methamphetamine were based on the truck holding approximately 11 kilograms – more than 24 pounds – of the drug, the sheriff’s office said.
That quantity would be worth about $3.3 million when divided into small quantities for sale on the street, the sheriff’s office said.
Llamas-Hernandez and Hernandez were both listed as living at 3733 Oakwood Road in Charlotte. It was unclear, however, if they were related or how.
Llamas-Hernandez was held on $2 million bail, and a detainer request filed by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stated that he previously had been ordered deported.
A spokesman for ICE said that information about the cases of people who are not in federal custody are not public information.
The detainer request said Llamas-Hernandez is also known as Miguel Hernandez Perez.
Llamas-Hernandez was convicted in September 2006 of trafficking in Schedule II drugs – the group that includes cocaine – in Mecklenburg County and served as five-year prison sentence after being held for two years before he was convicted.
Hernandez was held in lieu of $1.5 million bail. In addition to meth trafficking, he was also charged with maintaining the Ford for keeping and selling drugs.
