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Officials make 2 drug seizures in 3 days
Published June 2, 2009
SEGUIN — Seguin police officers and Department of Public Safety troopers made a pair of drug seizures in recent days — one worth an estimated $168,000 — that resulted also in the seizure of two vehicles and an unstated amount of cash.
At around 2:30 p.m. Monday, Seguin police Officer M. Zuazua, Officer Victor Pacheco and other officers seized 139 grams of cocaine in the wake of a traffic stop on State Highway 46.
Kenneth Jackson, 32, of Seguin was arrested on allegations of manufacture or delivery of between 4 and 200 grams of a controlled substance, penalty group 1; resisting arrest and attempting to destroy evidence to impair a criminal investigation.
Zuazua said he was on routine patrol when he noticed the 1997 Camaro Jackson was driving near the intersection of Court Street and Texas 46.
It had a defective brake light, and when the officer attempted to stop the vehicle to inform the driver, he initially took off, stopping at a residence near the municipal court building.
Zuazua and Pacheco walked up to Jackson’s vehicle and noticed the man making furtive movements that suggested he could be attempting to hide something — or maybe reaching for a weapon.
Jackson was asked to step out of the vehicle, and when he did, Zuazua noticed a plastic bag between the front seats of his car with a large quantity of white powder in it, and decided to cuff Jackson, who squirmed away and ducked into the car, attempting to grab the bag, which ripped open.
The man then allegedly flung some of the powder into Zuazua’s face, and the two officers pulled him from the vehicle.
During the confrontation, Jackson was stunned twice with an electronic Taser and was also pepper-sprayed.
EMS checked out the officer for his possible drug exposure, but he was returned to duty with only a minor hand injury sustained in the scuffle.
In addition to the cocaine, an undisclosed amount of cash and the Camaro were seized, police say.
Monday’s arrest came two days after a large drug haul seized on Interstate 10 on Saturday night.
Seguin Trooper Joshua Roy was on patrol on eastbound Interstate 10 near Luling at 10:56 p.m. Saturday night when he saw a gray 1997 Ford F-150 extended cab pickup speeding toward the Caldwell County line.
The speeding vehicle was similar in configuration to trucks used in human trafficking, and Roy’s suspicions were increased when it initially failed to stop.
“I turned the lights on, but it didn’t pull over really quickly,” Roy said.
It rolled to a stop just before the county line, and as Roy approached the cab to confront the driver, he saw there were two people inside, he said.
When he got to the driver’s side window, the vehicle took off — turning into nearby brush, smashing down a fence, crossing a field and continuing down into nearby trees — pursued by Roy and other troopers.
When Roy got up to the vehicle again, the two men he’d seen inside were gone — but the trooper discovered in their haste to depart that they’d left behind in the back of their cab eight camouflaged duffel bags — each stuffed with bricks of marijuana.
Tracking dogs and a helicopter were called in, but the two men were not found, Roy said.
The marijuana was believed worth about $168,000.
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