Two Mexican nationals were arrested after the sheriff’s office found 17 kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, in McHenry County.
Enrique Navar-Favela, 29, of Stone Park, and Robert Cristian Chavez-Salgado, 29, of Chicago, were both charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, a Class X felony, and two counts of possession of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
Navar-Favela and Chavez-Salgado were arrested around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.
Court documents said Chavez-Salgado and Navar-Favela were seen walking into a Super 8 motel in McHenry County while Chavez-Salgado was carrying a black duffel bag.
The bag contained 17 kilograms of what was later tested for the presumptive presence of cocaine and fentanyl.
McHenry County prosecutors have previously valued a kilogram of cocaine at $25,000, meaning the estimated value of the drugs could be approximately $425,000.
Navar-Favela had been driving a vehicle, which he claimed he borrowed, court documents said.
The car had dealer plates and Navar-Favela reportedly could not identify where he obtained the car.
McHenry County Judge Carl Metz said the sheer quantity of cocaine and fentanyl that Chavez-Salgado possessed and that Navar-Favela was connected to shows the danger they pose to the community.
“The Court is aware of how deadly fentanyl can be,” Metz said.
The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office filed petitions to detain both defendants pending trial.
The judge granted the petitions to detain Chavez-Salgado and Navar-Favela on Wednesday.
“No other conditions can mitigate the risk he presents of obtaining and delivering large quantities of cocaine and fentanyl again,” Metz said about both defendants.
The judge also said he was concerned that Navar-Favela was a willful flight risk.
Both defendants are Mexican nationals. Navar-Favela does not have United States identification and indicated he planned to go back to Mexico next week, court documents said.
Navar-Favela and Chavez-Salgado are scheduled to appear in court again on August 12.