{"id":142526,"date":"2026-02-26T20:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thencbeat.com\/?p=142526"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:37:36","slug":"222-pounds-of-meth-jacksonville-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/north-carolina-news\/222-pounds-of-meth-jacksonville-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"222 Pounds of Meth Seized in Major North Carolina Drug Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, N.C.<\/strong> \u2014 The streets just got lighter by 222 pounds of methamphetamine after a MAJOR drug bust went down in Eastern North Carolina.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

According to authorities, on Wednesday, February 25, 2026<\/strong>, the Jacksonville Police Department<\/span><\/span> Special Investigations Unit<\/a> teamed up with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation<\/span><\/span> and the Drug Enforcement Administration<\/span><\/span><\/strong> for a joint operation that led to the jaw-dropping seizure.<\/span><\/p>\n

222 POUNDS OFF THE STREETS<\/h3>\n

Detectives confiscated 222 pounds of methamphetamine \u2014 a staggering amount that could have flooded communities across Onslow County<\/strong> and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The seizure of 222 pounds of meth marks one of the largest recent drug hauls in Jacksonville, North Carolina.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Authorities say the operation resulted in the arrest of:<\/span><\/p>\n

Manuel Aguirre-Ambrocio,<\/strong> 48, of Perris, California<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Manuel Aguirre-Ambrocio, 48, of Perris, California, was arrested after investigators seized 222 pounds of meth in Jacksonville, NC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He is now sitting inside the Onslow County Jail<\/span><\/span> \u2014 and he is being held WITHOUT BOND.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/jacksonville-police-officer-killed-camp-lejeune\/<\/p>\n

Aguirre-Ambrocio is facing:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Three counts of Trafficking Methamphetamine<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Officials confirmed the investigation remains active.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    JACKSONVILLE, N.C. \u2014 The streets just got lighter by 222 pounds of methamphetamine after a MAJOR drug bust went down in Eastern North Carolina. According to authorities, on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, the Jacksonville Police Department Special Investigations Unit teamed up with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[147,27,5101],"class_list":["post-142526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina-news","tag-jacksonville-nc","tag-north-carolina-crime-news","tag-sbi-investigation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}