{"id":273552,"date":"2026-05-16T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273552\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:01:07","slug":"florida-deputies-arrest-man-after-undercover-cocaine-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273552\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida deputies arrest man after undercover cocaine sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A Florida man was arrested on cocaine trafficking charges after authorities said he traveled across county lines to sell drugs to an undercover detective.<\/p>\n<p>The Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office announced Friday that deputies arrested Joel Santos Torres, 35, after he sold about 1 kilogram of cocaine to undercover detectives.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/south-florida-news-new-djt-aviation-identifier-to-hit-faa-charts-this-summer-after-trump-airport-vote-president-donald-trump-governor-ron-desantis-palm-beach-county-commissioners-approved-signage-advertising-marketing-airport-palm-beach-international-faa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PBI to officially become &#8216;DJT&#8217; this summer in FAA charts after Trump airport vote<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Santos Torres travelled from Osceola County to Hillsborough County to meet at a predetermined location and complete the drug transaction.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>He now faces charges of trafficking cocaine, drug possession with intent to sell, unlawful use of a two-way communication device, and resisting an officer without violence. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man was arrested on cocaine trafficking charges after authorities said he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-273552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}