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Two Dane County men were arrested and $80,000 worth of cocaine seized on Thursday in what police are calling a high-level cocaine trafficking case.

Jose Almazan, 45, Oregon, and Antonio Zaldivar, 35, town of Madison, were arrested during a traffic stop police made on their car between Stoughton and Oregon, while they were coming back from Illinois.

Almazan was tentatively charged with six counts of delivery of cocaine, two counts of possession with intent to deliver cocaine and maintaining a drug dwelling.

Zaldivar was tentatively charged with being party to the crime of possession with intent to deliver cocaine.

According to police:

The Dane County Narcotics Task Force worked with Drug Enforcement Administration and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents in the months-long investigation.

Cocaine allegedly was found both in their vehicle and at Almazan's residence at 323 N. Main St. in Oregon.

Besides the 973.9 grams of cocaine, agents also found over $18,000 in cash.

"In the run-up to the Thursday activities, an undercover officer purchased cocaine many times from Almazan, at various Madison locations," said police spokesman Joel DeSpain.

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