CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Clearlake Police officers conducting a probation search on Saturday arrested a local man for possession of several illegal drugs and paraphernalia, and for being a felon in possession of firearms.

Brandon Charles Thomas, 28, of Clearlake was arrested Saturday afternoon, according to a report from Sgt. Tim Hobbs.

At 2 p.m. Saturday Clearlake Police officers responded to Thomas' residence on Vista Street to conduct a probation search, Hobbs said.

The residence, Hobbs explained, is located in one of the city's newly formed community oriented policing beats that has had a high level of reported narcotics activity.

During the search Thomas was found to be in possession of approximately 2 pounds of processed marijuana, cocaine, large quantities of Ecstasy and morphine sulfate, numerous types of packaging material, a digital scale, a .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun and a loaded, sawed off 12-gauge shotgun, Hobbs said.

Thomas was booked into the Lake County Jail on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, felon in possession of ammunition, possession of a controlled substances for sales (Ecstasy), possession of a narcotic controlled substance for sales (cocaine), possession of a narcotic controlled substance for sales (morphine sulfate) and possession of marijuana for sales, Hobbs said.

Officers obtained a bail enhancement to $100,000, according to Hobbs.

Jail records indicated Thomas remained in custody late Sunday.

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