Detectives have seized the largest amount of Meth in the history of Polk County, Sheriff’s Grady Judd said Wednesday.
It all began with a routine traffic stop last Friday around 7:30 p.m., of a white Jeep Grand Cherokee heading southbound on U.S. Highway 27 at the intersection of County Road 630 near Frostproof. Deputies ran the vehicle’s tag and discovered that the registered owner of the Jeep had a suspended license and a Hillsborough County warrant for an original charge of battery.
21-year-old Scott Robert Eargood was identified as the owner and driver of the Jeep.
Deputies say, they discovered $3,500 in cash in the Eagood’s vehicle and found a “trap” that had been devised in the back of the Jeep containing 0.5 pounds of Meth. Eargood and his passenger, 27-year-old Santos Zamora-Escobar were both taken into custody.
A search of the suspects’ residence in the 1100 block of North Platte Lane in Poinciana turned up another “trap” inside the drywall of a bathroom in the home containing 110 pounds of Meth.
Zamora-Escobar and Eargood were federally indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, on Tuesday, May 7, for 1 count each possession of substance containing methamphetamine over 500 grams With Intent to Distribute, and 1 count each possession of methamphetamine over 50 grams with Intent to Distribute.
The investigation is ongoing.
