BAKERSFIELD — Deputies arrested six people and confiscated over 40 pounds of methamphetamine on Tuesday during two major drug busts.
Bakersfield Law Enforcement Displays Seized Meth
The first, occurred in the morning of Aug. 21, when narcotics investigators from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Major Violator Unit pulled over three subjects suspected of being in possession of large amounts of methamphetamine in the 6900 block of Longford Court in south Bakersfield.
Deputies said that they discovered 10 pounds of suspected meth located in a diaper box in the back seat of one of the two vehicles the suspects were driving.
Taken into custody were: Pedro Ochoa-Monzon, 45, of Phoenix, Ariz., Cecil Hernandez, 32, of Avenal and 23-year-old Elmar Ochoa-Hernandez of Los Angeles.
All of the suspects were booked into the Kern County Jail for possession of methamphetamine for sales, transportation of methamphetamine and conspiracy.
Immigration detainers were also placed on Hernandez and Ochoa-Hernandez after they were determined to be illegal aliens by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
The street value of the seized drugs is estimated at $363,200.00.
Later that same day, the Kern County Cal-MMET concluded a second, unrelated undercover investigation in a south Bakersfield restaurant parking lot where officers said they located approximately 22 pounds of methamphetamine in a sealed bag of dog food in the trunk of a car.
Officers arrested 47-year-old Milpitas resident, Diego Solis, Sandro Solis, 38, of San Jose and Patricia Andrade, 26, from Porterville.
All three were booked into the Kern County Jail for possession of methamphetamine for sales, transportation of methamphetamine and conspiracy.
According to police, an immigration detainer was placed on Sandro Solis, who was determined to be illegal.
Investigators later capped the bust with a search warrant at an apartment in the 900 block of Ohio Street in Porterville, where they found an active meth lab as well as an additional seven pounds of methamphetamine and approximately eight gallons of methamphetamine solution.
Additional charges of manufacturing methamphetamine will be requested with the District Attorney’s office for Sandro Solis and Patricia Andrade.
The street value of the methamphetamine is estimated at approximately $1,089,600.00.
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