Crime & Safety
2 Sonoma Men Arrested In Marin County
Police report that detectives found cocaine, methamphetamine, guns, ammunition, and over $5,000 cash when they served search warrants.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Two Sonoma County men were arrested on suspicion of dealing cocaine, the Marin County Sheriff's Office said Saturday.
Starting in November, an undercover detective with the Marin Sheriff's Office was allegedly approached by a man who offered to sell him cocaine.
The detective developed a relationship with the suspect and he and another undercover officer began purchasing cocaine from him "on numerous occasions," the Sheriff's Office alleges.
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The suspect, identified as Esteban Barahona, then allegedly began supplying one of the detectives with larger quantities of cocaine and brought another suspect into the situation, identified as Erik Garcia. Detectives allege Garcia was supplying cocaine to Barahona to sell to the detectives.
Working in tandem with the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, a search of Barahona and Garcia's residences in Petaluma and Sonoma was carried out on Tuesday and detectives allegedly uncovered over a quarter pound of cocaine, over a half pound of methamphetamine, two firearms, ammunition and over $5,000 cash.
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Investigators allege that some of the money located at Garcia's residence was linked to the undercover buy operations conducted by the Marin detectives. Additionally, Garcia is a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition.
Garcia and Barahona were booked into the Marin County Jail on suspicion of narcotics and weapons related offences.
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