UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The service of a search warrant has resulted in one arrest and the seizure of methamphetamine and nunchakus.
Aaron Rodriguez Zavala, 29, of Upper Lake was taken into custody on Thursday, July 3, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
On June 25 narcotics detectives secured a search warrant for a residence located in the 9000 block of Government Street in Upper Lake, serving the warrant at 8 a.m. July 3, Brooks said.
During the search warrant service Zavala refused to open his bedroom door, which was locked. Brooks said detectives forced the door open and detained both Zavala and 20-year-old Michelle Karelli Lopez of Nice without further incident.
During a search of Zavala’s bedroom, detectives located a glass methamphetamine pipe sitting on the floor next to his nightstand. Brooks said the pipe was heavily lined with a black and white residue, which is caused from smoking methamphetamine.
Inside the nightstand, detectives located two small plastic bags which contained a semi-translucent crystalline substance, later determined to be methamphetamine, Brooks said.
Also inside the same nightstand detectives located packaging materials. Brooks said an operable gram scale coated with white crystals was located inside a computer tower.
Brooks said detectives located numerous new and used hypodermic needles in the bedroom. A set of nunchakus was located inside Zavala’s dresser. All of the items listed were seized as evidence.
Zavala was arrested for possession of a controlled substance for sale, maintaining a place to sell narcotics, possession of nunchakus and possession of controlled substance paraphernalia, Brooks said.
Zavala was transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked. Jail records indicated his bail was set at $25,000, with Zavala later posting the required portion of bail and being released.
The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.