Illegal immigrants arrested, drugs seized
By MARGARET BAKER

PASCAGOULA — Two illegal immigrants are in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents following their arrests in a traffic stop Tuesday that resulted in the seizure of a small amount of cocaine and numerous fake identification cards, Pascagoula police Lt. Davy Davis said.

Margarito Perez, 40, was driving a 1998 Nissan with a broken headlight when he was pulled over Tuesday at the intersection of Polk Avenue and 8th Street. Perez, Davis said, did not have a driver’s license or identification in his wallet, though police officers did find in the wallet three small plastic bags with a white, powdery substance that later tested positive for powder cocaine.

Police arrested Perez on a charge of possession of a controlled substance.

A passenger in the car, Alejandro Trinidad, 57, was arrested after police officers found several fraudulent identification cards on him.

“It was his photo on the cards,â€