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Gwinnett woman caught with 20 pounds of cocaine
By Alexis Stevens
May 19, 2010A Gwinnett County woman is in a Louisiana jail after police apparently found 20 pounds of cocaine in her car during a traffic stop.
Patricia Fajardo-Guevara, 42, was arrested by Baton Rouge police Monday night after she was stopped for improper lane usage, according to The Advocate, a newspaper in Baton Rouge. Fajardo-Guevara, of Duluth, was driving an Audi on I-12, according to police when she stopped at 10:30 p.m., police said.
A narcotics dog searched the car and found the drugs, police said.
Fajardo-Guevara was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, where she is being held on $15,000 bond, according to jail records.
