Two Arrested After Drugs and Firearms are Seized

Two Arrested After Drugs and Firearms are Seized

BAKERSFIELD — Two gang members were arrested after deputies discovered several weapons and illegal drugs during the execution of a search warrant in central Bakersfield on Thursday.

Roy Chavez, 23, and 28-year-old Rolando Chavez were booked into the Kern County Jail’s Central Receiving Facility.

Roy Chavez is facing multiple weapons and narcotic charges including, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon, possession of hashish possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of sale and participation of a criminal street gang. Rolando Chavez was charged with being under the influence of a controlled substance.

Roy and Rolando Chavez were arrested here

Roy and Rolando Chavez were arrested here

According to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, gang unit deputies went to residence in the 1900 block of  Tulare Street in Bakersfield on March 21, at approximately 5 p.m., to serve a warrant. While serving the warrant deputies located a sawed off shotgun, a Remington 700 rifle, several rounds of ammunition, one and a quarter ounces of methamphetamine, a gram of hashish and a Taser.

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