KCSO Seizes Large Amount of Fentanyl

KCSO Seizes Large Amount of Fentanyl
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Originally published as a Kern County Sheriff’s Office Nixle post – 

“On February 18, 2021, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Narcotics Investigation Unit (California Multi-Jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team Task Force) and the Narcotics Operations Unit (Kern County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force) concluded a two-week narcotics investigation with the arrest of two adult males and the seizure of approximately 11,000 M-30 Fentanyl pills (estimated street value $110,000).

During the investigation, detectives identified Jesus Antonio Garcia-Gonzalez and Noel Ayon-Aragon to be involved in the sales and trafficking of large quantities of Fentanyl. Garcia-Gonzalez and Ayon-Aragon were arrested in the 6600 block of Colony Street in Bakersfield after the large amount of Fentanyl and a loaded handgun were located inside one of their vehicles.

Garcia-Gonzalez (age 19) from Delano, California, was booked into the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Central Receiving Facility jail for the following charges:  possession and transportation of a controlled substance for the purpose of sales, and conspiracy to commit a crime.

Ayon-Aragon (age 19) from Delano, California, was booked into the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Central Receiving Facility jail for the following charges: possession and transportation of a controlled substance for the purpose of sales, possession of a controlled substance while being armed with a loaded firearm and conspiracy to commit a crime.

Narcotics investigators executed a search warrant in the 2100 block of Norwalk Street, Delano based on information obtained in the investigation. Additional Fentanyl pills and a large amount of US currency was located. The narcotics and US currency, believed to be proceeds from the illegal narcotics sales, were seized pending Asset Forfeiture proceedings. ”

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