Two Caught With $3.6M Worth Of Cocaine In Orange County Stop

A total of $3.6 worth of cocaine was confiscated and two men arrested after an early Saturday morning drug bust in the Hudson Valley.

The two suspects
Photo Credit: *Orange County Sheriff*

A K-9 officer with the 10 kilos of cocaine seized.
Photo Credit: *Orange County Sheriff*

Joe Lombardi

01/20/2018 1:50 p.m.

While patrolling the Town of Newburgh, Orange County sheriff’s deputies pulled over a tractor-trailer headed for the New York State Thruway for following a car too closely.

A subsequent probable-cause search of the trailer, performed by a state police K-9 and sheriff's office k-9, turned up a sack containing 10 kilograms of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $3.6 million, according to the sheriff’s office.

Two St. Elizario, Texas men -- Francisco Castillo Jr. and Saul Onzures -- were arrested and charged with first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony.

They were both remanded to Orange County Jail without bail.

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