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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Tampa man driving a U-Haul around the city in the middle of the night was charged after deputies discovered what he was really hauling: five pounds of cocaine.
Luis Pedroza, 34, was driving along Causeway Boulevard just after 3 a.m. on April 1, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Deputies tried to pull him over after witnessing multiple traffic violations, but Pedroza kept driving for over a mile and resisted the officers’ demands before eventually being taken into custody.
HCSO said one of their newest K9 teams recognized the presence of narcotics in the truck and began a search.
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The deputies soon uncovered around 5.5 pounds of cocaine hidden in the U-Haul, HCSO said.
Pedroza was arrested and has been charged with cocaine trafficking and resisting an officer without violence.
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