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Man arrested at traffic stop with estimated $11,000 worth of meth

A 21-year-old man was arrested Friday after a sheriff’s search dog found drugs in a hidden compartment of a dashboard during a traffic stop, Watsonville police said.
Jesus Arnoldo Guzman was pulled over for allegedly running a stop sign, and then found to be driving without a license when a canine unit helped uncover a “sophisticated hidden compartment” containing methamphetamine, Sgt. Eric Montalbo stated in a news release.
Officers found about one-quarter pound of methamphetamine, with an estimated street value of $11,000, Montalbo said.
Guzman was arrested on suspicion of possession for sales of a controlled substance, transportation of a controlled substance and use of a false compartment for smuggling a controlled substance, police said.
Guzman, who police list as a transient, was pulled over in the 200 block of East Beach Street.

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