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NM elementary teacher held for trafficking coke

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A Las Cruces elementary school teacher has been arrested at his elementary school on allegations of trafficking cocaine.

Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department said 35-year-old Roberto Varela was arrested Thursday just before classes began at Loma Heights Elementary. Authorities say no children were presenting during his arrest.

Deputies said Varela's arrest came after a sting operation and a month-long investigation.

He was booked on into the Dona Ana County Detention Center on one charge of cocaine trafficking and is being held on a $10,000 bond.

It was unclear if he had hired an attorney.

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