MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – An ongoing investigation involving federal and local law enforcement officials led this week to the arrest of a Santa Rosa man and the seizure of three pounds of methamphetamine.
Hugoberto Quintanilla, 34, was arrested following a Tuesday morning search warrant service in Middletown, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Brooks said the Lake County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Drug Enforcement Administration with the service of federal search warrants and arrest warrants in Middletown, Santa Rosa and Petaluma.
He said the service of the federal search warrants and arrest warrants was the culmination of a six-month joint investigation related to the importation and trafficking of methamphetamine into Lake County.
At 10:30 a.m. Tuesday DEA agents and members of the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force responded to an address in the 15000 block of Main Street in Middletown to serve a search warrant, Brooks said.
During the search three pounds of methamphetamine was located and seized, according to Brooks.
At that time, Quintanilla was arrested for possession and distribution of methamphetamine. Brooks said Quintanilla later was transported to a federal holding facility in San Francisco.
One additional suspect was arrested during the service of search warrants in Santa Rosa and Petaluma, Brooks said.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.
Authorities arrest Santa Rosa man, seize three pounds of meth
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