The Region - News from June 17, 1987

Police and federal agents arrested a group of Colombian drug dealers from Southern California who, agents said, tried to set up shop in New York City with 1,000 kilograms of cocaine. New York Police Capt. Michael Julian said four Colombian nationals were arrested at a hotel in Queens after they sold 73 kilograms of cocaine to undercover police and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents for $1.5 million. In custody were Guibo Rojas, 32, and Marleny Agero, 48, both of Sunland, and Jose Anroyaor, 33, and Miguel Cerelos, 34, both of Los Angeles. Julian said officers also seized records indicating that the four had brought 1,000 kilograms of cocaine to the East Coast from California over the last month.