Santa Barbara – Methamphetamine prices in this central coast community, better known worldwide for its pristine beaches and abundant Mission architecture than for street sales of illicit drugs, recently became a victim of inflation at the hands of supply-and-demand economics with the arrest of David Aguirre Vieyra, 31.
The Santa Barbara Police Department’s Narcotics Unit, investigating Vieyra’s activities within the city limits of late, had sufficient suspicion that he was conducting regular sales of methamphetamine to obtain a search warrant for both his person and his vehicle. Sgt. Riley Harwood, SBPD Public Information Officer, just released information regarding the June 6th mid-afternoon service of that warrant on a downtown city street, indicating that Vieyra was accompanied at the time by his wife and two small children.
Pursuant to the search conducted, Vieyra was determined to “be in possession of approximately one pound of methamphetamine”, Harwood reported. When police confronted Vieyra with the indisputable evidence of his crime, he “acknowledged transporting to Santa Barbara from Los Angeles County,” which prompted the issuance of yet another search warrant of his Buena Park residence.
Meth seized at the home
Later that same night, SBPD detectives, working closely with Buena Park Police investigators, visited Vieyra’s residence and discovered another two pounds of methamphetamine. According to Harwood, “the value of the drugs that were in Vieyra’s possession is $35,000 to $50,000.”
Vieyra was arrested and transported to Santa Barbara County Jail where he was booked for possession of methamphetamine for sale, transportation of methamphetamine, and child endangerment, with his bail set at $100,000.
Photos: Courtesy Santa Barbara Police Department
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