Kilo of cocaine seized from Auburn hotel room

Worcester and Auburn officers with a warrant seized a kilogram of cocaine and $3,500 in cash from an Auburn hotel room Wednesday, according to Worcester police.

The drugs and money were taken from a room at the Comfort Inn on Southbridge Street. Police said the cocaine has a street value of $25,000 to $35,000.

The Auburn hotel search was set in motion by an arrest of a Worcester man earlier in the day on Dorchester Street in Worcester.

Worcester police officers on the trail of a drug distribution suspect pulled him over about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Benjamin Diaz, 34, of 99 Main St., Worcester, was found in possession of more than 100 grams of cocaine, packaged to be sold, according to police. Mr. Diaz was charged with drug trafficking and two counts of a drug violation with 1,000 feet of a school.

The arrest led Worcester police to get a search warrant for a room at the Comfort Inn in Auburn, at which point the investigation became a joint operation with Auburn police.

In addition to the Worcester charges, Auburn police also charged Mr. Diaz with trafficking in cocaine.

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Kilo of cocaine seized from Auburn hotel room