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Published July 10, 2010, 01:00 PM

Suspected drug dealer arrested

A suspected cocaine dealer was arrested Thursday afternoon at gunpoint at a Red Wing gas station.

By: Mike Longaecker, The Republican Eagle

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    Suspected Red Wing cocaine dealer Jorge Dumer Zazueta is led to a squad car Thursday afternoon after he was arrested at gunpoint by authorities.

The Goodhue County Sheriff's Office and members of the Southeast Minnesota Narcotics and Gang Task Force arrested Jorge Dumer Zazueta, 582 Tyler Road No. 203, at One Stop on Pioneer Road.

The 35-year-old was arrested and booked into Goodhue County jail on suspicion of felony first-degree sale of cocaine, second-degree possession of cocaine and possession of a firearm by an illegal alien.

Goodhue County sheriff's Capt. Pat Thompson said Dumer Zazueta had suspected cocaine and an unloaded, cased firearm in his vehicle.

Thompson said the arrest was "part of a criminal investigation."

Authorities also executed a search warrant at Dumer Zazueta's residence.

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