Salvador Zavala, allegedly directed undercover officers to the car wash, where he said another alleged dealer, Biglerville resident Aureliano Diaz-Estrada, 19, was waiting. The two suspects were arrested when Diaz-Estrada allegedly showed police cocaine he had in his vehicle, police said. Police said 500 grams of cocaine and 1,000 grams of marijuana were seized from the vehicle. Investigators said the cocaine has a street value of between $50,000 and $75,000 and the marijuana has a street value of between $6,000 and $10,000. Police said officers also searched Zavala's residence, where they found a half-ounce of cocaine, marijuana and a handgun. Adams County Assistant District Attorney Brian Sinnett said Friday's bust is the largest seizure of cocaine in Adams County in about five years.
"They're major, major dealers," Sinnett said. In Adams County, cocaine and crack cocaine are consistently the most severe problem, though drugs like heroin and OxyContin are also significant parts of the local drug culture, Sinnett said.
Diaz-Estrada has been charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine and marijuana and criminal conspiracy. His bail has been set at $100,000.
Zavala has been charged with one count of delivery of cocaine, one count of delivery of marijuana, two counts of possession with intent to deliver cocaine, one count of possession with intent to deliver marijuana and one count of criminal conspiracy. His bail has been set at $250,000.
Both are jailed at York County prison. No more arrests are expected in the investigation, officials said. Both Diaz-Estrada and Zavala speak Spanish, so investigators have not spoken to them about their own sources for drugs, Graff said. "I don't speak Spanish," he said.
The assistant district attorney also said police do not yet know the suspects' citizen status and can't be sure they even have their real names.
"We're looking into that," Graff said.
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