Newton man arrested for drug trafficking

February 1, 2013

Hernandez

A Newton man was arrested in Lincolnton Wednesday for drug trafficking.

Eloy Hernandez Hernandez, 26, of 650 East First Street, Newton, was stopped by Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies at 9:50 a.m. in the parking lot of the Lincolnton Plaza Shopping Center on North Aspen Street to advise the driver of a non-operating brake light on the pickup truck that Hernandez was operating.

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