Texas man arrested in Harrison County after 19 kilograms of cocaine found in truck

Carrizales Cocaine

HARRISON COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- A Texas man was arrested after a traffic stop on I-10 this week on felony drug trafficking charges.

Harrison County Sheriff’s Investigators say 38-year-old Jesus Carrizales had 19 kilograms of cocaine in his 18-wheeler when he was stopped traveling eastbound in Gulfport Wednesday.

The cocaine has a street value in excess of one million dollars.

Carrizales is now being held at the Harrison County Jail on a one-million-dollar bond.

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