Man charged in Aurora drug bust

Police released the identity today of one of six men apprehended after $2.5 million worth of marijuana was seized in Aurora.

Fernando Velaczo-Rodriguez, 33, of Guadalajara, Mexico, is being held on a $150,000 bond in the Kane County jail. Authorities released the other five men without charges.

Police received a tip that a major drug trafficking haul would be delivered to an industrial/warehouse area in the 1500 block of Dearborn Street in Aurora. Detectives staked out the area near Farnsworth Avenue.

At 8 p.m. Tuesday, the men were apprehended as they unloaded numerous crates from a truck. Police said they seized 2,580 pounds of marijuana, which was wrapped in 144 individual packages and hidden inside watermelon crates.

Police are releasing few details about the sting, which is part of an ongoing investigation, other than to say they believe it to be part of a large drug trafficking operation out of Mexico.

Velaczo-Rodriguez is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The uncharged men are from Aurora, California and Rockford