7 arrested arrested in Camarillo on federal drug charges; meth and fentanyl worth $230K seized

Seven individuals are dealing with federal drug trafficking fees after being arrested in Camarillo final week following a month-long, multi-agency investigation, the DEA stated Tuesday.

Particular Brokers from the DEA and investigators assigned to the Ventura County Mixed Company Group started an investigation into Homero Diaz, 24, of Bakersfield. 

Diaz was revealed to be liable for trafficking methamphetamine and pretend prescription drugs into Ventura County, officers stated. The drugs contained fentanyl and had been pressed to seem like prescription oxycodone.

Diaz and 6 of his co-conspirators had been arrested March 16 on suspicion of federal fees of possession with the intent to distribute a managed substance. The arrests had been made in Camarillo, the place Diaz was allegedly coordinating a supply of fentanyl and methamphetamine, officers stated.

The opposite suspects had been recognized as Manuel Martinez, 24, of Ventura; Apolinar Mena, 30 of Compton; Francisco Placencia, 28, of Compton; Antonio DeJesus Santana, 31, of Riverside; Jesus Varela, 28, of Torrance and Jaime Gomez Lopez, 27, of Compton.

Officers additionally seized roughly 50,000 fentanyl drugs and 45 kilos of methamphetamine from three automobiles the suspects had arrived in. The quantity of medication seized has an approximate avenue worth of $230,000, authorities stated.

The suspects had been booked into the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Los Angeles and made their preliminary look on March 17.