K-9 Odin busts meth dealers in Madera, deputies say

MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A brace of alleged methamphetamine dealers were arrested aft Odin the K-9 sniffed retired the narcotics during a postulation stop.

On May 7, a lawman said helium pulled implicit a 2019 Toyota Prius aft spotting an instrumentality usurpation successful Madera. During the stop, helium saw respective things that led him to judge the occupants were progressive successful transgression activity.

Deputy Schoonmaker and his K-9 spouse Odin past arrived connected scene. After sniffing the exterior of the Prius, deputies accidental Odin gave a affirmative alert to the odor of narcotics.

Upon searching the car, they accidental they recovered 4 ounces of methamphetamine successful the glovebox.

The sheriff's bureau says 49-year-old Luis Barriga and 29-year-old Amaris Castillo, some of Madera, were past arrested and booked into the Madera County Jail connected suspicion of possession of a controlled substance for merchantability and proscription of a controlled substance for sale.