Texas Man Pleads Guilty In Mississippi To Having Cocaine

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A 25-year-old Texas man found in Mississippi with two kilos of cocaine has pleaded guilty to interstate travel in aid of drug racketeering enterprises.

The Sun Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1E3JP6c) Ramiro Noel Martinez entered his plea last week in federal court.

Martinez was indicted on multiple charges in March with three others who are set for trial on a court calendar that starts July 6. They are believed to be from Houston.

Martinez will be sentenced July 30. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. His other charges will be dismissed.

The four were arrested Feb. 10 after Harrison County deputies pulled them over in related traffic stops on Interstate 10.