Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff's Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (H.I.D.T.A) Task Force and members of Homeland Security Investigations (H.S.I) Tampa Office and U.S. Customs and Border Protection developed information that 47-year-old Maria Rocio Gordillo of Lake Wales was involved in the trafficking of methamphetamine. The investigation is…
Possession of drug paraphernalia
Authorities said they also found $4,100 worth of U.S. currency at her home.
A Lake Wales woman allegedly sold 8.8 pounds of methamphetamine to undercover agents on Dec. 3 and Dec. 9, and faces multiple charges, authorities said. (Polk County Sheriff s Office)
This investigation is a follow-up from Operation Meth Death Peddlers where 44 suspects were arrested and 50 pounds of methamphetamine was seized in 2018 and 2019, leading to numerous arrests in April 2019, according to deputies. Polk County Sheriff s Office High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and members of Homeland Security Investigations Tampa Office and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are teamed up in this operation.
Polk woman tried to sell 8.8 pounds of meth to undercover detectives, officials say
By FOX 13 News staff
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Booking image for Maria Gordillo (Provided by Polk County Sheriff s Office)
LAKE WALES, Fla. - A woman from Lake Wales tried to sell nearly 9 pounds, but it turned out the potential buyers were undercover Polk County detectives, according to the sheriff s office.
Deputies arrested 47-year-old Maria Gordillo in early December. Detectives said they arranged two separate meth purchases with Gordillo. The first occurred on Dec. 3 when detectives purchased 2.2 pounds of meth at the suspect s home on Waverly Loop.
The second transaction occurred on Dec. 9, also at her home. Detectives said Gordillo provided detectives three one-gallon sized bags that contained a total of 6.6 pounds of meth. They also seized $4,100. She was arrested that day on drug trafficking and possession charges.