10/13/17 — Authorities find cocaine, meth, pills, marijuana during search; two men are charged

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Authorities find cocaine, meth, pills, marijuana during search; two men are charged

By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on October 13, 2017 10:01 AM

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Yabran Adriel Ramirez Cecena

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Juan Manuel Mora

Two men were arrested after authorities found cocaine, methamphetamine, pills and 150 grams of marijuana at a home on U.S. 70 Wednesday, according to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office.

Juan Manuel Mora, 25, 1612 U.S. 70 West, is charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver a schedule IV, maintaining a dwelling and possession of drug paraphernalia after a search warrant was executed on his home.

According to a press release from the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, the Aggressive Criminal Enforcement Team detected an odor of marijuana coming from the residence during a drug investigation in the northern part of the county.

Authorities said they applied and obtained a search warrant, and when they were conducting the search Mora and Yabran Adriel Ramirez Cecena, 30, 286 Revell Road, Selma, were in the home.

Cecena was subsequently charged with possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

During the search, deputies found the cocaine, meth, xanax pills and marijuana, according to the release.

Mora was put under a $20,000 bond, and Cecena was put under a $2,000.