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The Chicago Cubs perspective that Jesus Camargo faces four criminal drug charges after being arrested in Arizona on Wednesday.
By 9News Darren Whitehead, Camargo is in Eagle County Jail after MPs reported discovering 21 kilograms of methamphetamine and 1.2 kilos of suspicion Oxycodone pills in a backpack after he was stopped for driving, speeding and wandering between tracks.
Camargo was charged with possession and distribution of methamphetamine and oxycodone.
Zane, the Eagle County K-9, signaled “right at the rear wheel of the car and an area under the rear seat “there was something unusual about that area.
The police discovered a backpack from the Cubs that contained “several baseball gloves, cleats, several carefully packed bags of white substance, two green packages, and a bag that was suspected of being soaked with essential oils that contained $ 1,000 in cash. “
According to the arrest statement obtained by Whitehead, there were a total of three people in the car when the Eagle County sheriff Evan Jaramillo made contact with Camargo.
Camargo is still being held on $ 75,000 bond.
The Cubs signed with Camargo as a free agent not hired in December 2014. He started his professional career in the Mexican League with Diablos Rojos del Mexico.
Camargo, 25, spent the 2019 season at Cubs’ High-A affiliate in Myrtle Beach. The dexter returned to Mexico last year, appearing in five games with Yaquis de Obregon in the Mexican Pacific Winter League.