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Brazoria officials make $500,000 drug bust

06:17 AM CDT on Thursday, April 19, 2007

From 11 News staff reports

The Brazoria County Sheriff's Office seized 55 pounds of cocaine April 13 from a house.

It was located in the 1000 block of Kensington in the South Down subdivision.

Officials said they got information about heavy traffic there that only stayed in place for a short period of time.

The Narcotics Task Force on April started surveillance Friday night around 8:30, and then they got a search warrant.

The task force requested the assistance of the Pearland Police Department S.W.A.T. to serve the search warrant. 

The marijuana has a street value of about $500,000.

Three people were arrested, and $70,000 in cash was seized.

Arrested for possession of controlled substance a first degree felony was 35-year-old Saydy Flores and 42-year-old Siria Garcia, and if found guilty they face imprisonment from 5 to 99 years and a fine up to $10,000.

Also arrested was 44-year-old Lynford Minott. He was charged with possession of marijuana, a class B misdemeanor, which carries a punishment of up to six months in jail and a fine up to $2,000.

Bond on the females is set at $150,000 each and on Minott was $3,500. Minott has posted bond,  the females are currently being held at the Brazoria County Detention Center.

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