Two Pender County men jailed for cocaine

PENDER COUNTY — Two men are in Pender County jail tonight after deputies say they found five kilos of cocaine in the suspects’ possession.

Sirilo Jaimes and Manuel Chavez are being held on $1.2 million bond.

A third suspect, Victorina Hernandez, has also been charged.

Detectives say the three were pulled over during a routine traffic stop near Newkirk Road Saturday night

Drug dogs sniffed out the cocaine hidden in a compartment in the suspects’ truck.

Two guns were also found.