{"id":526124,"date":"2010-04-13T14:12:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T18:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f80\/sixty-pounds-marijuana-seized-two-arrested-downtown-42225\/"},"modified":"2010-04-13T14:12:33","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T18:12:33","slug":"sixty-pounds-of-marijuana-seized-two-arrested-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/526124","title":{"rendered":"Sixty Pounds of Marijuana Seized, Two Arrested Downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>04.13.10 09:37 AM<br \/>\n<b><i>Los Angeles:<\/i><\/b>On April 7, just five hours after the Los Angeles City Attorneyannounced the latest gang injunction aimed at gang-affiliated drugdealers in Skidrow, narcotics detectives arrested two men fortransporting 60 pounds of marijuana to downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/assets\/jpeg\/WeedBust%5B1%5D.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/>\u0093Thismarijuana was destined for Skidrow,\u0094 said Lt. Paul Vernon, commandingofficer of the Central Detective Division.&#0160; \u0093It\u0092s both ironic andtragic that the county\u0092s largest recovery area is also the region\u0092sbiggest drug bazaar.\u0094<\/p>\n<p>Narcotics detectives received an anonymous tip that a large shipment ofmarijuana was being delivered by men in a gray Ford Escort.&#0160; Detectivesset up near the parking lot of the Bunker Hill Tower apartments at 234S. Figueroa Street.&#0160; Around 4PM, the expected gray car drove up withthree men inside. &#0160;<\/p>\n<p>\u0093It didn\u0092t take the detectives long to realize they had the right car,\u0094Lt. Vernon explained.&#0160; \u0093There was so much weed in the car, they couldsmell it when they approached the driver\u0092s window.\u0094<\/p>\n<p>Detectives arrested the unlicensed driver, Hector Cabrera, 33, and thefront passenger Fernando Padilla, 38, for transporting over 50 poundsof marijuana.&#0160; Bail for that charge was $100,000.&#0160; Cabrera\u0092s bail wasincreased by $40,000 due to an arrest warrant for drunk driving, andPadilla\u0092s bail was increased due to a $5,000 arrest warrant formarijuana possession.&#0160; An adult passenger in the backseat wasquestioned and released.<\/p>\n<p>Cabrera lives in Riverside, and Padilla lives in Big Bear, California.&#0160;\u0093This arrest is another example of commuter drug dealing downtown,\u0094 Lt.Vernon said.&#0160; \u0093And that\u0092s the point of the new Skidrow injunctionagainst drug dealers; it\u0092s outsiders who are bringing the drugs intothis recovery area.\u0094<\/p>\n<p>The wholesale value of the 60 pounds of marijuana is estimated at$24,000.&#0160; \u0093And that translates into more than 27,000 \u0091nickel\u0092 bags andmore than $100,000 in profit for the Skidrow drug dealers,\u0094 <br \/>\nLt. Vernon explained.&#0160; \u0093Think what a detriment that would be to recovering addicts.\u0094<\/p>\n<p>The marijuana was tightly wrapped in packages, each weighing a littlemore than one pound.&#0160; The packages were stacked into cardboard boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Neither of the arrestees was among the 80 named drug dealers in the injunction announced the same day. &#0160;<\/p>\n<p>The public is urged to report information about illicit drugactivities.&#0160; Anonymous tips can be called into Crimestoppers at800-222-TIPS (8477), or by texting 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads)with a cell phone.&#0160; All text messages should begin with the letters\u0093LAPD.\u0094&#0160; Online tips may be placed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.LAPDOnline.org\" >official website of THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT<\/a>, click on\u0093webtips\u0094 and follow the prompts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lapdblog.typepad.com\/lapd_blog\/2010\/04\/sixty-pounds-of-marijuana-seized-two-arrested-downtown-.html\" >LAPD News and Information &#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>04.13.10 09:37 AM Los Angeles:On April 7, just five hours after the Los Angeles City Attorneyannounced the latest gang injunction aimed at gang-affiliated drugdealers in Skidrow, narcotics detectives arrested two men fortransporting 60 pounds of marijuana to downtown Los Angeles. \u0093Thismarijuana was destined for Skidrow,\u0094 said Lt. Paul Vernon, commandingofficer of the Central Detective Division.&#0160; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4524,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-526124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4524"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}