Traffic stop yields illegal immigrants

A traffic stop for a vehicle code violation revealed the driver and his passenger, both living in Hazleton, were in this country illegally.

State police at Frackville made the discovery and said Gonzalo Ramirez Villegas, 32, and David Palacios Juarez, 27, were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from Berks County.

Police stopped the vehicle on state route 1008, near Interstate 81, in Mahanoy Township at 6:45 a.m. Thursday. Police said both men were on the way to jobs at the International Bedding Co. on Morea Road.

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