HARALSON COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies seized 16 bricks of cocaine out of a van’s hidden compartment in the largest cocaine bust in Haralson County.
Early Friday morning, a Haralson County deputy pulled the women’s van over on I-20 for having illegally tinted windows, but the stop quickly turned into a major bust.
“While they were starting the traffic stop, the K-9 got to go around for a free air sniff and he hit on the vehicle,” Sgt. Heather Mecillas said.
Inside a hidden compartment, they found bricks upon bricks of cocaine with a street value of about $1.3 million.
“To my knowledge, this is the largest bust we have ever had,” Mecillas said. “I don’t recall one being quite this large. This is a huge amount.”
Susana Cisneros, 38, and Juaquina Del Carmen Recinos, 29, were both arrested. One of the women is pregnant and in her third trimester.
The woman wouldn’t talk to police.
Investigators said the cocaine was to be sold across west Georgia and they are happy it never made its destination.
