A months-long narcotics investigation in West Sacramento ended with one person in handcuffs this week, after detectives zeroed in on two motel rooms they say were doubling as stash spots for a small pharmacy’s worth of illegal drugs.
According to FOX40, the West Sacramento Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit opened the case in February and eventually secured search warrants for two motel rooms tied to the probe. Before serving those warrants, officers stopped a vehicle connected to the investigation and detained the driver without incident. Police say evidence suggested the motel rooms were being used to store and distribute illegal narcotics.
Detectives reported finding methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine base, MDMA and prescription pills, along with a loaded firearm and more than $1,200 in cash that authorities described as consistent with narcotics sales. The suspect was booked on several felony counts, including possession of narcotics for sale, possession of a loaded firearm and being armed in the commission of a crime, according to the department…