EPCSO-STRIKE TEAM DEPUTIES MAKE A STEROIDS BUST DURING A TRAFFIC STOP
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EL PASO, TX - On Tuesday, 12-27-2011 at approximately 6:50 PM, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Strike Team Deputies were patrolling at the intersection of N. Zaragoza and Montana Ave. (southbound) in El Paso County, TX, when they saw a yellow passenger car also traveling southbound in front of them with a defective license plate and failed to change lanes in an unsafe manner. Strike Team Deputies initiated a traffic stop on the said vehicle and made contact with a male driver who identified himself as 47 year old Servando Castrejon.
Upon contact with the driver, Deputies noticed Subject/Castrejon appeared to be extremely nervous and was attempting to conceal a small bag seen on the front passenger seat. During the investigation, Deputies obtained verbal consent to search the vehicle and requested the assistance of U.S. Border Patrol. A further search of the vehicle resulted in (7) 10 ml glass vials filled and sealed with an unknown liquid substance inside the small bag.
Deputies observed all (7) vials were labeled and recognized them to be, through field experience, as anabolic steroids. Each of the seven (7) vials contained 10 ml, equivalent to 10 g each. Subject/Castrejon told Deputies the vials contained steroids which he obtained from Mexico. Subject/Castrejon was placed under arrest for five (5) counts of Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 3 less than 28 grams and booked into the Jail Annex.
SERVANDO CASTREJON (47)
CHARGE(S):
CT 1/POSS CS PG 3 < 28G (NANDROLONE) / Bond: $750.00
CT 2/POSS CS PG 3 < 28G (BOLDERONE) / Bond: $750.00
CT 3/POSS CS PG 3 < 28G (STANOZOLOL) / Bond: $750.00
CT 4/POSS CS PG 3 < 28G (TESTOSTERONE) / Bond: $ 750.00
CT 5/POSS CS PG 3 < 28G (TRENBOLONE) / Bond: $750.00
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