Columbia Police arrested five people after finding a drug distribution center Thursday.
Officers found the operation while serving a search warrant in the 800 block of St. Charles Street Thursday afternoon.
They said the residence included a large quantity of cocaine, marijuana, packaging materials, scales, cash and two firearms.
One of the suspects tried to flee while trying to throw evidence out of a vehicle.
Police arrested Leoppoldo Nava-Nava, Gonzalo Nava-Nava, Marco Reyes-Estrada and Javier Rubi-Pedroza. The suspects face first degree drug trafficking charges. Rubi-Pedroza also faces a tampering with evidence and resisting arrest charge.
A fifth suspect, Rhiannan Perkins, faces a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge.
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