Camargo-Corrales faces drug charges after police find 21 pounds of meth

VAIL, COLO. — A minorleague baseball player is facing drug charges after police in Colorado found 21 pounds of methamphetamine and 1.2 pounds of oxycodone pills in his Chicago Cubs duffel bag.

The Vail Daily reports Jesus Camargo-Corrales, 25, of Tempe, Ariz., appeared in Eagle County Court on Thursday on charges including unlawful distribution of methamphetamine and oxycodone, both Class 1 drug felonies, as well as charges of unlawful possession of each drug, both Class 4 drug felonies.

The Major League Baseball website says he was first signed to a minor-league contract with the Cubs in 2014.

“We are aware of the arrest of one our minorleague players,” said Julian Green, senior vice president of communications at Chicago Cubs. “We are investigating this matter and cannot provide additional comment until we have further details.”

Camargo-Corrales was ordered held on $75,000 bond by Judge Rachel

Olguin-Fresquez. The Eagle County jail confirmed he was still in custody as of Saturday. It’s unclear if Camargo-Corrales has an attorney who can speak on his behalf.

Camargo-Corrales was stopped on Interstate 70 in a silver BMW on Wednesday morning near the ritzy ski area of Vail, Colo., after an Eagle County sheriff ’s deputy saw the car speeding and drifting lanes, according to the arrest affidavit.

Camargo-Corrales was driving with two passengers who also were interviewed but police said were not aware of the drugs. They said they were driving to Denver from Phoenix but gave different accounts of the trip.

Camargo-Corrales told police he was going to Denver to teach a kids baseball clinic and claimed there were no drugs because he said he followed the Chicago Cubs’ anti-doping policy.

But police said a K-9 alerted authorities to the car’s rear wheel well and back seat, and Camargo-Corrales gave permission to a police search of the vehicle.