ROWAN COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Over the past week, the Rowan County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Unit has been working closely with a partnering agency from Utah to conduct surveillance on an unidentified male suspect believed to be involved in drug trafficking operations originating in Utah.

The suspect, later identified as Jairo Roney Cabrera-Escoto, was living in Rowan County under a fake identity.

Detectives were able to locate Cabrera-Escoto and conducted a traffic stop on June 4. During the stop, Cabrera-Escoto provided multiple fictitious names and information to avoid apprehension.

He was subsequently arrested and charged with crime(s) relating to the traffic stop.

Cabrera-Escoto was later positively identified and determined to have been evading law enforce

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