Drug dealer poses as ice cream man
Photo: K9 Oakley and drugs
Originally published as a Salinas Police Department Facebook post –
“VSTF and K9 Oakley serve 2 more search warrants to show drug dealers we won’t be taking anytime time off for Thanksgiving break 
.
First one was in downtown Salinas on Saturday. Kyle Osuna (44) was arrested for possession of meth for sales and being armed while in possession of narcotics. Two loaded shotguns were taken off the streets. Osuna found out he won’t be hunting 
this year with the 2 illegal shotguns he was found with.
The 2nd one was served Monday for an ice cream 
man who was selling a little more than ice cream 
. VSTF received information that Manuel Morales (46) was selling poison 
on the streets of Salinas. When following up on the information VSTF quickly realized Morales also ran a business as an ice cream man.
VSTF was able to watch several narcotics transactions take place and author a search warrant for Morales’s house. K9 Oakley busted out that super 
and conducted a sniff of the house locating 2lbs of meth and 3/4 lb of cocaine hiding in the same area that Morales kept the items for his ice cream truck business. VSTF put Morales’s business on freeze 
and he was taken to Monterey County Jail where he was lodged on several different narcotics for sales charges.”‘
