Two men were arrested with 60 pounds of marijuana that police believe they were going to sell on skid row hours after the Los Angeles city attorney announced\u00a0an injunction aimed at curbing so-called commuter drug dealers who travel to the area to sell their goods, authorities said.<\/p>\n
LAPD Lt . Paul Vernon said investigators, acting on a tip,\u00a0arrested Hector Cabrera, 33,\u00a0and his passenger, Fernando Padilla, 38, last Wednesday as they sat in their\u00a0car at a Bunker Hill apartment building.\u00a0A third adult was questioned and released.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt didn’t take the detectives long to realize they had the right car,” Vernon said. "There was so much weed in the car, they could smell it when they approached the driver’s window."<\/p>\n
Detectives seized marijuana valued at at least $24,000 and as much as $100,000 if sold on the streets in small amounts, Vernon said. <\/p>\n
"This marijuana was destined for Skid Row,” Vernon said. "It is both ironic and tragic that the country’s largest recovery area is also the region’s biggest drug bazaar.” <\/p>\n
The city attorney\u2019s office announced last week that it would seek a criminal injunction specifically targeting 80 named drug dealers who\u00a0try to do business in the area.<\/p>\n
— Richard Winton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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