Two Abilene men are expected to appear before a federal magistrate after being arrested by Taylor County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit deputies arrested them Wednesday.
A release from the Taylor County Sheriff's Office, posted to its Facebook page, said on Wednesday, agents with the Narcotics Unit had been conducting a narcotics trafficking investigation for last few months where pounds of methamphetamine a week were being distributed in Abilene and surrounding towns.
The two arrested were Rick Herrera and his father, Benito Herrera.
A search warrant was conducted at 1134 Cabernet Drive in Abilene. Twenty-six ounces of methamphetamine; an AR 15 pistol and a handgun; along with a large amount of U.S. currency and a vehicle used to transport methamphetamine, were all seized during the operation.
The department will be filing federal drug trafficking and gun charges on the pair, who are being detained in the Taylor County Jail on a federal hold.
They'll face a federal magistrate within the next few days for official charges. The investigation is still ongoing and the department expects more arrests in the very near future.
