SANTA ANA : 2 Men Found Guilty of Cocaine Possession
Two men arrested by Fullerton and Anaheim police with 125 kilograms of cocaine face up to 31 years in prison after a jury this week found them guilty of drug possession.
Agapito Valdivia Ruvalcaba, 40, of Guadalajara, Mexico, and David Perez, 54, of Corona, were arrested in the 400 block of Porter Avenue on Nov. 7, just after they unloaded 40 kilograms of cocaine from a van parked in a driveway into the trunk of a car, said Jeffrey Ferguson, a deputy district attorney who prosecuted the case. Undercover narcotics officers had been watching them for several hours.
After the arrests, officers found 85 kilograms of cocaine in the van, according to Ferguson.
The cocaine had a street value of approximately $8 million, Ferguson said.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 16 before Superior Court Judge John J. Ryan.
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