SOQUEL — A deputy spotted a suspected drug sale in the parking lot of Taco Bell on 41st Avenue on Sunday evening and arrested a suspected heroin dealer who had a small amount of drugs and thousands in cash with him, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
Around 10 p.m., deputy Nick Baldrige saw the suspected seller driving away from the transaction and recognized the man as Colby Lee, 23, of Aptos, a probationer with search terms, so Baldrige pulled him over. The deputy searched the car and found $1,600 cash wedged between the front driver and passenger seats, a knife with suspected heroin residue, drug packaging material and two cell phones, according to the Sheriff’s Office. One of the phones has messages consistent with drug sales, deputies reported.
Deputies also searched Lee and found about 4 grams of suspected heroin concealed in his underclothing. They then went to his house and found an additional $3,100 cash in denominations consistent with proceeds from drug sales in Lee’s bedroom, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
Lee was arrested on suspicion of transporting and possessing heroin for sale, as well as committing a felony while out on bail. He also has a pending heroin sales case from early February.
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Concerned // Apr 2, 2009 at 8:29 am
Get these kinds off the streets! Inforce the drug laws and put an end to the illegal selling of drugs.
left that pile // Apr 6, 2009 at 6:59 am
Good old CaPITola and/Soquel one of the most expensive scummy crime holes on the coast. maybe the scum balls stole the tiki for drug $$?
Or // Apr 6, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Or maybe legalize these drugs and cut a major source of revenue for violent gangs? 20+ years of the drug war and we haven’t made any serious dent in the demand for illegal drugs. We have far too many people in prisons for drug crimes at a huge cost to the state of California.
I am much more concerned with someone committing rape or murder than I am with someone shooting smack in the safety and privacy of their own home.
Or? // May 24, 2009 at 3:12 am
Maybe ignore countless animal cruelty infractions and keep humans as the major priority. The legalize all drugs movement seems to think people are reasonably motivated, they are actually motivated by novelty, and really don’t care about human suffering.
Animals don’t deserve a shot at life if they will always be dependent on humans to feed them. Far too frequently are animals seen as just like addicts, or children, and they are far more worthless.
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