AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – An Amarillo man and woman were arrested last week in a drug bust at a local hotel.
Officers were tipped off that 39-year-old Joe Louis Archuleta and 25-year-old Gabriel Kirkpatrick were selling fentanyl from a hotel room on Paramount Blvd., according to court documents. A search warrant was issued.
Prior to the search warrant, a cooperating defendant confirmed that both Archuleta and Kirkpatrick were dealing fentanyl. Officers had previously conducted controlled purchases of these pills directly from Archuleta.
Court documents state that officers were surveilling the hotel on the night of April 15 and witnessed the two exit a hotel room…