SPRING VALLEY, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Three people were arrested during a narcotics compliance operation at a home in Spring Valley Tuesday, authorities said.
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According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, the operation took place just before 6:30 p.m. in the 3000 block of South Barcelona Avenue.
Deputies from the Rancho San Diego Sheriff’s Station and Lemon Grove Sheriff’s Substation Crime Suppression Teams carried out what officials described as a “fourth waiver compliance check” at the residence — a targeted search of an individual who is on probation, parole or supervised release.
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Investigators said Mario Tapia, 60, and Erasmo Tapia, 53, were suspected of selling illegal street narcotics from the home. Shortly before, deputies moved in, Mario was allegedly seen conducting a drug transaction. He was detained along with Erasmo and a third individual, identified as 46-year-old Levi Gagarin.
During a serach of the residence, deputies recovered around 28 grams of suspected methamphetamine, along with a stolen driver’s licenses, personal identifying information, credit cards and ammunition…