Drugs confiscated from car on Thursday. / Courtesy photo by Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – Local drug detectives conducting surveillance on suspected drug traffickers in a parking lot on the 1700 block of Northwest Louisiana Avenue in Chehalis yesterday seized 23 pounds of methamphetamine and two and one-third pounds of heroin.
Three men were arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail.
The investigation spanned from California, through Vancouver and into Chehalis, according to Centralia Police Department Cmdr. Pat Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald said detectives made contact with three males in two separate vehicles, one of which was licensed in California.
“Due to their activities and the nature of the investigation, K-9 Axel, a narcotics detection dog, and the Lewis County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Team also responded,” Fitzgerald stated.
The police dog “alerted” and a search of the California vehicle led to 23.3 pounds of Methamphetamine and 2.35 pounds of Heroin, Fitzgerald said.
Arrested during this investigation was Juan Fernando Campos-Campos 29, from Vancouver, Washington; Manuel Rojas-Valdez, 22 of Rialto, California; and 52-year-old Jose Luis Felix-Gonzalez of Stone Park, Illinois.
Assisting the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team were the Chehalis Police Department and members of Homeland Security Investigations.
Tags: By Sharyn L. Decker, news reporter
If there weren’t buyers their wouldn’t be sellers! Everyone trying to make fast easy money 💰 these days! It’s a sad world we live in! on the bright side for them they will have their rent spayed for a few year’s! On the sad side is tax payers will be paying it😕😬
Are they DACA recipients also?
I was picked for jury duty starting June 1st if they are illegal aliens, drug offenses, theft or any fraud I will say guilty no matter what.
Look at the last names of who’s buying the stuff.
Given their surnames, I’m too polite to state the obvious so I’ll keep my mouth shut.