{"id":1311882,"date":"2024-04-06T02:02:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T07:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1311882"},"modified":"2024-04-09T18:14:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T23:14:18","slug":"suspected-human-trafficking-leads-to-drug-seizure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1311882","title":{"rendered":"Suspected human trafficking leads to drug seizure"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"NACOGDOCHES COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Nacogdoches County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said that three people were arrested for numerous felonies on Tuesday in connection to a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153suspected human trafficking incident.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d According to our news partner KETK, the incident started as a traffic stop by Nacogdoches County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office deputies who pulled over a black 2009 BMW X5 SUV on Tuesday night at the intersection Durst Street and Stallings Drive in Nacogdoches. Deputies reportedly noticed an 8-year-old asleep in the backseat of the car and an empty alcoholic beverage in the floor board. Deputies then asked to search the vehicle and found a black duffle bag in the backseat floor board, according to a press release.<\/p>\n

Officials estimated that the drugs are worth over $150,000. Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez, 29, Carmen Guadalupe Diaz, 24, both of Green Bay, Wisconsin, were all taken into custody when the drugs were discovered. Diaz and Quevedo-Vasquez were asked about the child and they reportedly couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give deputies the child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s last name or it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mother\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name. Officials said this is an ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n

The duffle bag allegedly contained the following items:<\/p>\n

A loaded AR-style pistol
\n 5.37 lbs of cocaine in heat-sealed packages wrapped in silver tape
\n 2.23 lbs of methamphetamine in heat-sealed packages wrapped in silver tape
\n 3.21 lbs of heroin in heat-sealed packages wrapped in silver tape<\/p>\n

Deputies then contacted officials in Wisconsin and Christina Soledad Soler, 32, of Green Bay, was identified as the child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s guardian. Soler was contacted and eventually showed up at the Nacogdoches County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office with five more children in her vehicle.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Based on information developed during the investigation, deputies believe the child traveling with Diaz and Quevedo-Vasquez was being used to mask the drug smuggling operation. All six children were released to Child Protective Services while a suitable guardian is found.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\n Nacogdoches County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office<\/p>\n

The three were arrested for organized criminal activity, trafficking of persons and abandoning\/endangering a child. Soler was also charged with possession of a controlled substance.<\/p>\n

Quevedo-Vasquez and Diaz were both also charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance and unlawfully carrying a firearm. Quevedo-Vasquez is also facing another charge of possession of a controlled substance and a failure to identify charge after he allegedly provided a false identity to the deputies.
\nEast Texas man sentenced to 30 years in prison for fentanyl possession<\/p>\n

The Nacogdoches County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office added that Quevedo-Vasquez also now has an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer since he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s allegedly in the country illegally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Nacogdoches County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said that three people were arrested for numerous felonies on Tuesday in connection to a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153suspected human trafficking incident.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d According to our news partner KETK, the incident started as a traffic stop by Nacogdoches County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office deputies who pulled over a black 2009 BMW X5 SUV … Continue reading Suspected human trafficking leads to drug seizure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1311884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/04\/2024-04-06_020200-225x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Suspected human trafficking leads to drug seizure","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1311882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 07:20:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/04\/2024-04-06_020200-225x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Suspected human trafficking leads to drug seizure","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1311882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1311885,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311882\/revisions\/1311885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1311884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1311882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1311882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1311882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}