FBI task force arrests six in Canton on drug charges

CANTON – The Canton FBI Safe Streets Task Force seized more than 100 pounds of marijuana, a kilogram of cocaine and cash on Wednesday in a series of arrests. 

Authorities arrested six men who remain in custody in the Stark County Jail, according to jail records. 

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According to arrest records, four males were arrested with the cocaine and $33,000 in cash.

Three were charged with conspiracy to commit possession of a controlled substance, and conspiracy to commit aggravated trafficking in cocaine, both first-degree felonies. The fourth, 37-year-old Vincente Guzman-Bernal of Dover, was held as a courtesy for another agency, but was not charged locally.

The males were identified as Modesto Gomez, 40, of Orrville; Alejandro Jesus Quezada, 33, of Louisville; and Adrian Nava-Marquez, 31, of Louisville. They each are in custody on $750,000 bond in Stark County awaiting court appearances next week. 

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A second group of males were arrested and charged with complicity to commit trafficking in marijuana, and complicity to commit possession of marijuana, both second-degree felonies. Court records reveal that the FBI Safe Streets Task Force located 100 pounds of marijuana packaged for sale.

Charged in the second case were Victor Manuel Flores-Suazo, 25, of Massillon, and Fidel Gutierrez, 23, of Canton, who each remain jailed in Stark County on a $750,000 bond.

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