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$4.5 Million In Cocaine Found In Smyrna

Posted: 10:15 am EDT June 8, 2009Updated: 11:07 am EDT June 8, 2009

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SMYRNA, Ga. -- Two men face drug trafficking charges after investigators said they caught them with $4.5 million worth of cocaine.

The Cobb County Sheriff's Department arrested Ricardo Santiago, 45, of Marietta, and Edgar Dominguez, 31, of Roswell.

Police said Santiago had nearly 60 pounds of cocaine in a home on Sanibel Lane in Smyrna.

Edgar Dominguez

Authorities said they caught Dominguez with at least 40 pounds of cocaine in his car.

Authorities did not say if the two arrests were related.

Both men are in the Cobb County Jail.

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