( KRON ) — Nearly a quarter pound of methamphetamine was seized Thursday from a suspected drug dealer after a concerned Petaluma resident reported an individual selling narcotics, according to the Petaluma Police Department.
Police responded just after noon to the area of Hopper Street and Caulfield Lane for a report of a person selling narcotics. An individual who matched the description provided by the resident was located and contacted by officers.
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It was learned that the suspect, identified as Jesus Orosco, 47, of San Rafael, was on active parole. A parole search uncovered just under a quarter pound of methamphetamine packaged for sale, Petaluma PD said.
Orosco was arrested and booked into the Sonoma County Jail for possession of methamphetamine for sale.
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