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FARMINGTON — Two men were arrested for drug trafficking on Saturday.
Arnulfo Ruiz Mendez, 32, and Gabriel Edwin Mendez Franco, 22, were booked into the Davis County Jail for investigation of attempting to distribute controlled substances, a second-degree felony, after Davis police and the FBI were notified of an arranged delivery of a "substantial amount of methamphetamine," according to a police booking affidavit.
Ruiz Mendez and Mendez Franco had arranged a delivery at the Hilton Garden Inn in Layton through a contact residing in Mexico. Agents with the Davis Metro Narcotics Strike Force and the FBI set up in the area were able to follow the two men to room 138, where the delivery took place, the affidavit said.
Following the delivery, agents arrested