Three men taken into custody in connection with multiple firearms-related charges

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – A 19-year-old Watsonville man, a 19-year-old Castro Valley man, and a 20-year-old Oakland man were arrested in connection with a multi-county investigation of illegal firearms violations.

On Aug. 21, the California Highway Patrol Coastal Division Investigative Services Unit (CHP) were alerted that a wanted felony suspect, a 19-year-old man from Watsonville, was believed to be armed and traveling through their jurisdiction on Highway 101 stated a press release Wednesday from the CHP.

According to the CHP, investigators located the Watsonville man and another man, a 19-year-old Castro Valley man, around 1:30 p.m. at a bus station in Santa Barbara and both were taken into custody without incident…

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