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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Six Porterville residents were arrested connected Friday aft allegedly selling drugs from a location successful the city, the Porterville Police Department announced.
The department's Narcotic Investigation Unit (NIU) Detectives reported receiving accusation astir a location successful the 100 artifact of southbound Doree Street believed to beryllium selling meth, fentanyl, and marijuana.
Investigators identified the owners of the location arsenic 61-year-old Marvin Statler and 58-year-old Tanya Leveck, and conducted surveillance and takedown operations to accredit the allegations. Police yet determined the location was progressive successful the merchantability of amerciable narcotics.
NIU detectives study authoring a hunt warrant for the location which was approved by a judge. With the assistance of the department's Special Investigations Unit (SIU), connected Friday different surveillance cognition was conducted astatine Statler's home.
Detectives accidental they trailed Statler and Leveck to the 300 artifact of northbound D Street aft they were seen leaving their home. Both were contacted and detained without further incident.
Investigators returned to the Statler's location to service the hunt warrant and reported instantly seeing 43-year-old Jonah Teal fleeing done the backmost doorway of the home. Teal fled done the backyard and jumped the obstruction into the neighboring spot earlier helium was yet detained.
After announcements were made into the residence, further occupants identified arsenic 33-year- aged Justin Leveck, 36-year-old Mitchell Thomas and 57-year-old Michael Hurtado exited and surrendered to detectives. Officials accidental each were detained.
During the search, detectives reported locating grounds indicative of amerciable narcotic income including galore integer scales, an abundance of wide integrative baggies, a ledger tracking the quantity and merchantability amounts of amerciable narcotics, and galore tiny containers with cause residue.
Additionally, investigators accidental they found:
- About 98 pre-packaged bindles of suspected meth, fentanyl, fentanyl pills, heroin, and hydrocodone
- Plastic baggies containing larger unprocessed meth and fentanyl
- About 70 utilized solid meth smoking pipe
- Long rifle-style firearms
- An AR-15 with the serial fig etched off
- A .22 Caliber Remington S14 with the serial fig etched off
- A Savage Arms 20-gauge shotgun
- A large-capacity mag
- 21 unrecorded rounds of .556 ammunition
- Three unrecorded 20-gauge rounds
As a effect of the investigation, each six suspects were arrested connected suspicion of assorted charges including cognition of a residence utilized for narcotic use/ sales, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of cause paraphernalia.
The study was submitted to the Tulare County District Attorney's Office for review.
Anyone with accusation regarding this lawsuit is asked to interaction the Porterville Police Department astatine 559-782-7400.
