2 Pajaro Brothers Arrested For Alleged Drug Sales

PAJARO - Two brothers in Pajaro were arrested last Friday by narcotics officers after complaints of drug sales in the area.

According to the sheriff's office, agents of the Santa Cruz County Anti-Crime Team (SCCACT), the Narcotics Task Force (NTF), and members of the Watsonville Police Department served a search warrant at 39 Susan Court in Pajaro early in the morning on May 20.

Agents say they had received complaints of drug sales in the Watsonville area by residents living at the Pajaro address.

Agents allegedly found two pounds of methamphetamine, 10.6 grams of heroin, cash, scales and evidence of narcotics sales, a loaded .40 caliber Ruger pistol with the serial numbers removed, a .22 caliber Winchester rifle, and the barrel of another rifle.

Brothers Rene Medina and Mario Medina were arrested, according to deputies.

The two were booked into the Monterey County Jail.

No further details were immediately available.

-images via Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office