Socorro police were successful in a drug raid on a private home Saturday morning.
Detective Richard Lopez said the raid at an apartment at 421 Bullock was a result of an ongoing investigation involving controlled buys and surveillance by undercover officers.
“This was the second time we’ve conducted a search warrant at the residence,” Lopez said.
Arrested for trafficking methamphetamine was Geri Lynn Jojola, 25.
According to the criminal complaint, Jojola was staying at the apartment of Angelica Vega, who was also a suspect in the investigation.
Lopez and other officers executed the search warrant at 5 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3.
Jojola was found in the bedroom and was ordered to the floor, the report stated. As she moved to the floor, Lopez noted a large amount of cash fall out of a sweater pocket. A plastic baggie contained a rock crystalline-like substance also fell to the floor as she stood up.
The apartment was searched and an additional amount of methamphetamine was found in a dresser drawer. A field test at the Police Department verified that the substance was methamphetamine.
The meth and $970 in cash were locked into the evidence room, and Jojola was incarcerated at the Socorro County Detention Center. Jojola was arraigned in Magistrate Court Monday. The preliminary hearing has not been scheduled.
Vega was arrested Sept. 1 at the same residence, and charged with possession of both methamphetamine and marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, and child endangerment.
Vega’s preliminary hearing In Magistrate Court scheduled for Wednesday was continued on a request from Vega’s attorney, Katherine Renee Riley.
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