139 Pounds of Marijuana Seized, Man Arrested at Motel
Police serving an arrest warrant at a Long Beach motel seized 139 pounds of marijuana, officials said Friday.
Officers arrested Bell resident Victor Zazueta, 33, a suspect in a previous narcotics case, after staking out a Days Inn motel in the 5900 block of Long Beach Boulevard on Thursday evening.
Cpl. Harry Erickson said officers recovered 65 kilo-sized bricks--an amount with an estimated street value of at least $70,000--inside Zazueta’s motel room shortly before 11 p.m.
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