Photo: confiscated in this incident
Originally published as a Yuba City Police Department Facebook post –
“PRESS RELEASE from the Yuba-Sutter Narcotic and Gang Enforcement Task Force (NET-5):
On Thursday, December 16th, 2021, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Agents from NET-5 and Officers from the Yuba City Police Department conducted a traffic stop in the 600 block of Sutter Street in Yuba City. The two occupants of the vehicle were identified as, 21-year-old Hispanic male adult, Gelacio Farias (Driver) of Yuba City and 21-year-old Hispanic male adult, Sebastian Ramirez-Corona (passenger) of Yuba City.
During the stop, Ramirez-Corona had a loaded concealed firearm on his person, 100 counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, and $1,028 in U.S. Currency.
NET-5 Agents responded to Farias’ residence in the 300 block of Second Street, Yuba City, and conducted a probation search. During the search of Farias’ bedroom, Agents found approximately 2.5 ounces of cocaine and two additional loaded firearms. Farias, a convicted felon prohibited from possessing firearms, was also found to have $910 in U.S. Currency.
As a result of the investigation, Farias was arrested and booked into the Sutter County Jail for drug sales charges and prohibited possession of ammunition and a firearm per sections: 11351 of the California Health and Safety Code, 29800(a)(1) of the California Penal Code, and 30305(a) of the California Penal Code.
Ramirez-Corona was arrested and booked into the Sutter County Jail for possession for sale of controlled substances and possessing a loaded concealed firearm not registered to his person, per sections: 11351 of the California Health and Safety Code, 25850(a) and 25850(c)(6) of the California Penal Code. The investigation has been sent to the Sutter County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.
For any questions about this investigation, please contact the Yuba-Sutter Narcotic and Gang Enforcement Task Force Office (530)674-2725.”
