BENSON, NC – On March 30, undercover narcotics agents with the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, the NC State Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration executed a search warrant 90 Woodshed Lane, following a multi-agency trafficking investigation.
Nearly eight pounds of cocaine, two pounds of marijuana, nine grams of crystal meth and ecstasy were discovered as a result of the search, along with a number of firearms, according to court documents.
Those arrested were:
-Juan Jose Miranda Valencia
Age: 32
Charge(s): Possession with Intent to Sell/Deliver Schedule II Controlled Substance, Conspiracy to Traffic Cocaine
-Lorenzo Miranda Age: 29 Charge(s): Possession Schedule I Controlled Substance, Conspiracy to Traffic Cocaine
-Victor Reyes-Mariano
Age: 19
Charge(s): Possession with Intent to Sell/Deliver Schedule II Controlled Substance, Trafficking in Cocaine
All three are currently being held at the Johnston County Jail on more than $1 million bond each and ICE detainers.
