An Albert Lea man pleaded guilty to felony drug possession Friday in Mower County court after he bought roughly 2.5 ounces of cocaine from a police informant in Austin last August.

Miguel Angel Sanchez-Hernandez, 29, is scheduled for sentencing on Feb. 5.

According to a criminal complaint, an Austin police detective and two agents from the Southeast Minnesota Narcotics and Gang Task Force met with a “confidential reliable informant” on Aug. 8 in Austin.

The informant told authorities he had been supplying cocaine to Sanchez-Hernandez roughly every two weeks. They typically met in public parking lots in Albert Lea, Austin and Rochester, the informant said.

On Aug. 8, authorities put an audio transmitter on the informant and followed him to a public parking lot in the 1500 block of 18th Avenue Northwest in Austin, where the informant met with Sanchez-Hernandez.

After a short conversation, Sanchez-Hernandez allegedly purchased the cocaine for $2,500. He was apprehended while walking back to his pickup truck, according to the complaint.

Sanchez-Hernandez was taken to the Law Enforcement Center, where he reportedly admitted he had been getting about two ounces of cocaine every two to three weeks for the past seven months from the informant. He told authorities he resold most of it but used some himself.