Eagle Pass Man Arrested for Possession of Cocaine

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

Maverick County Sheriff’s Department Deputies arrested 41 year old Eagle Passan Jorge Jimenez for possession of cocaine on Sunday, August 6, 2017 on Tina Street in Siesta Acres Subdivision in Maverick County, Texas.

Deputy Sheriff’s stopped a red Hummer vehicle driven by Lladisa Jimenez for a traffic violation on Tina Street in Eagle Pass, Texas.  Lladisa Jimenez was arrested due to an outstanding warrant for her arrest.  

Deputy Sheriff’s received consent to search the Hummer vehicle and discovered 19 plastic bags filled with cocaine in a box possessed by Jorge Jimenez, the passenger in the red Hummer vehicle.  Jorge Jimenez was arrested for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute as the 19 plastic bags with cocaine were to be sold in the community.

Jorge Jimenez faces state felony charges.  He was arrested and booked into the Tom Bowles Detention Center in Maverick County, Texas where he awaits to be magistrated.