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HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two men were arrested connected Halloween aft a postulation halt led to a cause bust, the Hanford Police Department announced Monday.
Police reported that conscionable earlier 9 a.m., they stopped a conveyance for a registration usurpation adjacent 11th Avenue and Cadillac Lane. Police soon learned the passenger, identified arsenic 53-year-old Jose Martinez, was connected progressive Kings County probation for anterior cause offenses.
Based connected Martinez's probation terms, officers conducted a hunt of him and the vehicle. On Martinez, officers accidental they recovered 2 straws commonly utilized for cause use, and helium was detained.
During a hunt of the vehicle, officers accidental they found:
- BB-style weapon beneath the driver's spot
- One tiny integrative container containing suspected fentanyl stashed successful a container
- Two further tiny integrative baggies containing meth stuffed successful the aforesaid instrumentality
- A larger container containing much meth stuffed wrong a achromatic integrative container connected the beforehand rider floorboard
- An further container containing much fentanyl stashed wrong the aforesaid achromatic bag
- Marijuana
- Butane cans
- Various paraphernalia commonly utilized for cause income and consumption
In total, Hanford Police reported they seized astir 62 grams of meth and astir 50 grams of fentanyl. Due to the ample quantities and packaging materials found, investigators determined the drugs were intended for merchantability and distribution.
Based connected their findings, constabulary accidental they served a hunt warrant astatine the driver's, 34-year-old Brannon Beck's, location connected Greenfield Avenue. Inside, investigators recovered tiny baggies, integer scales, cause residue, burnt foil, and different paraphernalia associated with cause usage and sales.
Officers study Beck was yet booked connected charges of possession and proscription of narcotics for sale, portion Martinez was booked connected aggregate charges, including demolition of grounds and cause possession.
