Cypress : 3 Arrested on Drugs and Weapon Charges
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of drug and weapons violations after undercover officers purchased a half pound of cocaine from one of them, police saidl.
Michael Lewis Miller, 21, of La Mirada, Ernest John Wain, 21 of La Mirada and Robert Anthony Macias, 22, of La Habra were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to sell cocaine, possession of the drug for sale and possession of a concealed handgun, Police Sgt. Gordon Re said Thursday.
Undercover officers met Miller about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in a restaurant parking lot across from Cypress College to purchase the cocaine for $8,000, Re said. After the sale was completed, Miller was arrested and found to be armed with a semiautomatic handgun, he said.
Other officers stopped a car in the area and arrested Wain and Macias, who are believed to be associates of Miller. Both were armed with handguns, according to Re.
Early Wednesday morning, officers searched Miller’s house and recovered a pound of cocaine, Re said.
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