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Serafin Mantero,Cecil Richardson

Serafin Mantero, 41, and Cecil Richardson, 39, returned to Tampa on Thursday with two partners and enough cash to buy two kilograms, or 4.4 pounds, for $21,000, police said.
Richardson, who stands 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 315 pounds, has been arrested at least 36 times and has cocaine convictions dating to 1986, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcemen
The drug deal took place at 401 S. 50th St., south of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway, where Mantero and Richardson were arrested with Calvin J. Harris, 32, and Michael R. Albury, 22, authorities said.
Police seized $33,000 in cash from the men, according to arrest reports. All four were charged with first-degree felony trafficking and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine.Serafin Mantero, 41, Cecil Vaughn Richardson, 39, Michael Renard Albury, 22, and Calvin Jerome Harris, 32, are each facing two counts of trafficking in cocaine and are being held without bond. Investigators say Mantero and Richardson, who has an extensive arrest record, allegedly purchased a kilogram of the illegal narcotic from undercover detectives on December 18.

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