Jairo Roney Cabrera-Escoto

A man living in Rowan County under a false name who has been wanted on drug charges for 10 years was arrested by Rowan County Sheriff’s deputies Thursday, June 5.

According to information from the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has been working with an agency from Utah for the last week surveilling Jairo Roney Cabrera-Escoto. Cabrera-Escoto was believed to have been involved in drug trafficking operations that originated in Utah.

RCSO detectives were able to find Cabrera-Escoto and, with the assistance of patrol officers, made a traffic stop on June 4. During the stop, Cabrera-Escoto provided numerous false names and information to avoid being taken into custody.

Nonetheless, he was arrested and initially charged with cri

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