Liquid cocaine valued at $500K found during traffic stop

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The Clarendon County Sheriff's Office seized eight bottles - 19.5 pounds - of clear liquid cocaine during a traffic stop on Feb. 28. Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett said deputies made a traffic stop on a commercial bus on Interstate 95, and obtained consent to deploy K-9 Ruin on the luggage compartment area. "Ruin was deployed and gave positive alert on a suitcase," said Garrett said. He said the street value of the liquid cocaine is about $500,000. "The owner of the suitcase, Patricio Arguello of New York, was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine," Garrett said.