SEARCH YIELDS CACHE OF DRUGS IN NEWHALL RESIDENCE.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer NEWHALL - Armed with a warrant, sheriff's narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. detectives searched a Newhall residence Wednesday and seized a cache of drugs with a street value of at least $40,000 and arrested a man they had been investigating for two months, authorities said. Alfredo Hernandez, 29, was arrested on suspicion of numerous drug felonies at 1:35 p.m. near Market Street and Newhall Avenue in Newhall when detectives stopped his car. Small plastic baggies and an estimated two ounces of rock cocaine were found behind the car stereo, authorities said. A loaded .357-caliber handgun also was found in the car. With the help of a drug-sniffing dog, detectives from the Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, sheriff's station then searched Hernandez's residence and reported finding more than six ounces of methamphetamine methamphetamine (mĕth'ămfĕt`əmēn): see amphetamine; methedrine. , nearly two ounces of powder cocaine, a digital scale and more small baggies that detectives said are often used for the sale of illegal drugs. ``What makes this case unique is the different types of drugs he had,'' sheriff's Sgt. Victor Rodriguez said. ``It's not that large of a seizure, but the fact that he had these three types of drugs is not that common. He may have been supplying the area. We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. yet.'' Hernandez, whom detectives described as cooperative during the arrest, faces multiple felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. counts, including the possession and transportation of drugs with intent to sell and the possession of a loaded 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. with narcotics. No one else was arrested in Wednesday's drug bust, but Rodriguez said the investigation will continue. Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Drugs with a street value estimated at $40,000 to $50,000 were seized during a search of a Newhall residence. Authorities said they had been investigating a suspect for two months prior to the search. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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