NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
September 13, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
  (850) 651-7420

TWO ARRESTED IN UNDERCOVER DRUG OPERATION

      TWO BROTHERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE OKALOOSA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON DRUG CHARGES.

     THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT HAS PLACED A DETAINER ON BOTH MEN UNTIL THE CASE IS RESOLVED.

      23-YEAR OLD SAMUEL DE LA ROSA - PAREDES AND 25- YEAR OLD EMANUEL DE LA ROSA - PAREDES, BOTH OF 2586 FARM STREET IN NAVARRE , ARE CHARGED WITH SALE OF COCAINE WITHIN ONE-THOUSAND FEET OF A CONVENIENCE STORE.

      THE ARRESTS ARE THE RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE OKALOOSA MULTI-AGENCY DRUG TASK FORCE.

      OFFICERS SAY AN UNDERCOVER INFORMANT HELPED ARRANGE A DRUG TRANSACTION AT THE SANTA ROSA MALL WITH EMMANUEL DELA-ROSA - PAREDES, WHO THEN CALLED HIS BROTHER BY PHONE AND ARRANGED TO HAVE THE DRUGS DELIVERED.

      BOTH WERE ARRESTED IMMEDIATELY.

      INVESTIGATORS CONFISCATED APPROXIMATELY 16 GRAMS OF COCAINE AS WELL AS TWO VEHICLES.

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