2 California men charged after drug bust at rented Bowling Green Airbnb

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Two California men have been arrested after officials say they found marijuana in a Bowling Green Airbnb.

The Bowling Green – Warren County Drug Task says it executed a search warrant at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday morning with assistance from the Kentucky State Police Interdiction Unit.

Drug task force officials say they conducted the search at a rented Airbnb on the 1000 block of E. 13th Ave., where they found the two suspects and 30 pounds of marijuana.

Pacheco Alan Esquivel, 22, of Modesto, California and Emmanuel V. Garcia, 24, of Modesto, California were arrested.

Officials say they also seized $4,100 in cash.

Both were taken to the Warren County Detention Center and face charges of trafficking in marijauana over 5 pounds and tampering with physical evidence.

Detectives will continue the investigation into the source of the marijuana, as well as the two men accused of trafficking marijuana in Bowling Green.