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June 7, 2007

Major cocaine bust nabs women with Providence ties

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Two women who gave the police Rhode Island and Florida addresses are being held today on $1 million bail after a routine traffic stop turned into a major drug bust in this small town.

The women -- Yajaira Rosario, 21, and Jany Avila, 29 -- were arrested on charges that they were trafficking more than seven pounds of uncut cocaine. The police say the drugs are worth more than $350,000.

The drugs were found after a trooper pulled the women over for speeding on Interstate 95 around 3 a.m. yesterday, according to the police.

The women gave addresses in Providence and Leesburg, Fla.

Read more at Seacoastonline.com, the Web site for seven newspapers in New Hampshire and southern Maine.

-- The Associated Press

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