Lynn police uncover 2 pounds of cocaine in Revere man’s car

LYNN – A judge ordered a Revere man held on $100,000 bail after Massachusetts State Police found two pounds of cocaine in his car, according to records from Lynn District Court.Sergio Garcia-Mesa, 29, of 347 Beach St., #1, was arrested and charged with furnishing a false name or social security number, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, forging or misusing an RMV document, trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to violate drug law, according to police records.Lynn District Court Judge James Lamothe ordered Garcia-Mesa held on $100,000 bail at his arraignment Friday.State Police arrested Garcia-Mesa at around 6:15 p.m. on Thursday after a traffic stop on the Lynnway, according to court records.Police reports state Trooper James Farrell followed a gray Chevrolet with dark tinted windows into the Pride Kia dealership on the Lynnway and activated his lights. In his report, Farrell said he told the driver, later identified as Garcia-Mesa, that he stopped him because of his dark windows and because a check of the vehicle’s registration showed the owner was not licensed.The driver of the car handed the trooper his registration and driver’s license, to which Farrell noted his hand was shaking and he “appeared extremely nervous.”A check of the license, which listed a different name, revealed it was suspended and Farrell placed Garcia-Mesa under arrest.Farrell wrote in his report that he then searched the car and found a backpack containing three bricks of what was believed to be cocaine weighing approximately 375 grams. Farrell also wrote that he found $1,000 in $20 bills in the center console and another $480 on Garcia-Mesa.State Police towed the car back to the Revere barracks, where troopers, with the help of a dug-sniffing dog named Charbo, found an additional 550 grams of cocaine in a hidden compartment located behind the heating and air conditioning controls, according to Farrell’s report. In all, police recovered 925 grams of cocaine, which is a little more than two pounds.State Police and a special agent from the Drug Enforcement Agency questioned Garcia-Mesa, who admitted this was in fact his real name and not the name on the license he provided, said the report. The report also states Garcia-Mesa told police he entered the country illegally through Texas, registered the car himself under a fake name and paid to have the hidden compartment installed in the car to transport narcotics.Garcia-Mesa is due back in court on July 22 and is being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility.Matt Tempesta can be reached at [email protected].