Kevin Silva Tavares (Baldwin County Corrections Facility Photo)
Two men were arrested on drug trafficking charges when deputies with the Baldwin County Alabama Sheriff’s Office discovered approximately 28 pounds of crystal meth in the trunk during a routine traffic stop on I-10 eastbound on Tuesday.
Gulf Coast News Today.com has reported that 25-year-old Kevin Silva Tavares of Cartersville is in jail on a $305,000 bond, charged with receiving stolen property and trafficking a controlled substance. 47-year-old Jose Luis Arias Castillo of Mexico is in jail on a $1 million bond, charged with trafficking.
Both subjects had several articles of religious paraphernalia on their person and throughout the vehicle. A consent search was conducted and during the search an aftermarket speaker box was located in the trunk. The crystal meth was found in that box. A stolen firearm was also discovered in the vehicle.