OFFICIALS APPREHEND ALLEGED DRUG DEALER.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - A suspected drug dealer was arrested after two months of eluding e·lude tr.v. e·lud·ed, e·lud·ing, e·ludes 1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill: The suspect continues to elude the police. 2. sheriff's deputies. Luis Martinez, 23, had been sought since deputies found a stolen gun and drugs during a search in November of his Lasker Avenue home, said Sgt. Kyle Bistline, leader of Palmdale's Partners Against Crime unit. ``He wasn't there, but found at the location was a large amount of methamphetamine methamphetamine (mĕth'ămfĕt`əmēn): see amphetamine; methedrine. and a gun. When we found him this time, once again he had a large amount of methamphetamine and a gun,'' Bistline said. Martinez, an ex-convict and reputed reputed adj. referring to what is accepted by general public belief, whether or not correct. gang member, was arrested Friday afternoon in Lancaster in a car deputies stopped near Avenue L and 20th Street West, after getting a tip he would be in the area. Martinez was booked for a warrant charging him with possession of methamphetamine and possession of a stolen gun from the November search at his home, deputies said. He was also booked on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine for sale, possession of a concealed con·ceal tr.v. con·cealed, con·ceal·ing, con·ceals To keep from being seen, found, observed, or discovered; hide. See Synonyms at hide1. firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. and other drug and firearm offenses from Friday's arrest, deputies said. |
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