Mississippi officers arrest two illegals living in Conroe for drugs

By Elliott Cochran
Updated: 08.14.09
Mississippi law enforcement officers arrested a pair of illegal immigrants residing in Conroe earlier this week after discovering 25 pounds of marijuana in their vehicle following a routine traffic stop.

Lamar County Sheriff’s deputies stopped Ricardo Septimo Martinez, 26, and Jorge Luis Ibanez, 21, who were driving a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse on Interstate 59. A K-9 unit led officers to the narcotics after they obtained consent to search the vehicle.

“Between the two of them, there were conflicting stories about where they were going and where they were coming from,â€