DEKALB – A traffic stop early Saturday led to the seizure of about 25.5 pounds of cocaine and the arrest of a 68-year-old El Paso, Texas, man. DeKalb County sheriff’s deputies stopped a 2017 Toyota pickup truck around 12:30 a.m. Aug. 22 near Glidden Road and South Malta Road for having one headlight and other traffic violations. A sheriff’s office K9 alerted on the vehicle, leading deputies to search it. Investigators found a modified compartment under the rear passenger seat containing 10 duct taped kilos of a white powdery substance that field tested positive for cocaine. The driver, Joel Martinez, was arrested on charges of controlled substance trafficking, unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, unlawful possession of a controlled substance and having a false or secret compartment in a vehicle. Martinez was being held at the DeKalb County Jail pending a detention hearing. The investigation remains ongoing.
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