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2 Men Held After Police Discover Drugs, Cash

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Police arrested two men Sunday after searching their home, where officers said they found 45 pounds of marijuana, 1 1/2 pounds of methamphetamine, $5,700 in cash and a 9-millimeter pistol.

Officers conducted the search after a routine traffic stop of a vehicle with no license plate led them to believe that drugs would be found at the home of the vehicle’s occupants, police said.

Police obtained a search warrant for the house, in the 11000 block of Pipeline Avenue in an unincorporated area just east of Pomona.

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Laurian Valencia, 20, and Alejandro Valencia, 21, were being held on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale and possession of a controlled substance. Bail for each was set at $250,000.

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