Wanda English Burnett
Editor

The cooperative effort of police agencies resulted in a large quantity of cocaine being prevented from hitting the streets and sent six people to jail.

According to information from Deputy Abraham Hildebrand of the Ripley County Sheriff’s Office, the arrests were made Friday night, March 5 after his office, along with the Batesville Police Department executed a search warrant at a Batesville residence. Working with the prosecutor’s office, police were able to secure the warrant through the Ripley Superior Court.

When police served the warrant, they seized a large quantity of cocaine that was packaged for sale.

Six arrests were made in the case with all of the suspects taken to the Ripley County Jail on initial preliminary criminal charges ranging from Visiting a Common Nuisance, a Class B Misdemeanor - to Dealing Cocaine, a Class B Felony.

Those arrested were:

• Antonio Nunez Sanchez, 23, Batesville, on charges of Possession of Cocaine, Class C Felony and Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Class D Felony.

• Jorge Armando Garcia, 32, Batesville, Dealing Cocaine, Class B Felony.

• Javier Nunez, 31, Batesville, Possession of Cocaine, Class C Felony and Maintaining a Common Nuisance, Class D Felony.

• Teleforo Santiago, 37, Batesville, Visiting a Common Nuisance, Class B Misdemeanor.

• Jose Antonio Jimenez, 27, Batesville, Visiting a Common Nuisance, Class B Misdemeanor.

• Ramiro Davalos, 29, Batesville, Visiting a Common Nuisance, Class B Misdemeanor.