OXNARD : 8 Are Arrested in Police Sweep
Oxnard police arrested eight residents Thursday in a raid of homes near the corner of Cooper Road and Hayes Avenue, an area that has suffered from chronic problems with drugs and violence, police said.
About 11:20 a.m., police raided five buildings, serving search warrants that stemmed from a monthlong undercover narcotics investigation, according to a statement from the department.
They found several grams of heroin, about an ounce of cocaine, two handguns, a rifle and $1,500 in cash during the sweep, police said. Officers raided a cafe and two homes on Hayes Avenue and nearby businesses on Garfield Avenue and Grant Avenue.
The undercover investigation was part of a state-funded program aimed at ridding La Colonia of drug traffic, police said.
Arrested were Javier Garcia Rodriguez, 40; Goddredo Reyes Mejorado, 47; Silvestre Amaya Perez, 26; Georgina Gaytan Verduzco, 23; Manuel Tarazon Gomez, 56; Samuel Rico Rodriguez, 22; Pedro Marron Zamora, 27, and Javier Mendoza Sanchez, 20, all of Oxnard.
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