BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (FOX26) — A multi-agency investigation led to the dismantling of a meth lab and 5 people being arrested on Thursday.
Authorities searched a home in the 400 block of Rian Noelle Ct in Bakersfield, where a meth lab was discovered.
There, they seized 953.9 lbs of meth, over 2,725 lbs of meth in solution, other dangerous chemicals, and arrested 49-year-old Fausto Zazueta-Beltran.
Authorities arrested 29-year-old Christian Castro, 22-year-old Kymberly Lopez-Garcia, and 26-year-old Jesus Felix-Castro during a traffic stop on Highway 99 and seized 10 lbs of meth.
46-year-old Casimiro Violante-Lopez was also arrested at another location in Bakersfield.
Each of them was arrested and booked, facing charges of manufacturing a controlled substance, possession for sale, Transportation of a controlled substance, maintaining a residence for drug sales, and conspiracy.
Casimiro Violante-Lopez was also wanted in connection with a 2021 KC-HIDTA case involving 53 lbs of meth.
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The Kern County Sheriff’s Office, KC-HIDTA Task Force, Special Services Unit, and Kern County Probation were involved in the investigation.
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Additionally, the Kern County Environmental Health and Code Compliance unit dismantled the lab.