What started as a routine patrol along the Los Gatos Creek Trail turned into a major meth bust, after Campbell police say they found a heavily stocked drug setup inside a tent tucked into a creekside encampment.
Officers on a January 10 trail patrol contacted a man at the site and searched the tent, according to the department. The occupant, identified by police as 60-year-old Carlos Fernandez Alvarez, was arrested on multiple felony drug charges and on active warrants, authorities said.
What Officers Say They Found
According to the City of Campbell Police Department, the search turned up nearly half a pound of methamphetamine inside Alvarez’s tent. Officers say they also found multiple smaller packaged bindles, digital scales, several cell phones, and a large amount of cash, a combination that typically raises eyebrows for suspected sales activity.
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