FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) — A woman was arrested after an investigation near an orchard revealed stolen fruit and drug paraphernalia on Tuesday, deputies say.
A Fresno County Deputy was on patrol in the area between Kingsburg and Parlier, noticed a car pulling out of a nectarine orchard near the intersection of Zediker and Rose avenues around 2 a.m.
The deputy stopped the car and contacted the driver, 40-year-old Zulema Garcia Cruz.
Garcia Cruz was arrested for having outstanding warrants for drug possession and petty theft.
During a further search of the orchard, the deputy found a pickup truck with nobody inside.
The bed of the truck was full of nectarines that had been picked off nearby trees.
The deputy also checked the trunk of Garcia Cruz’s car and found a crate of nectarines.
Depuites said she was also in possession of a meth pipe.
Garcia Cruz was booked into the Fresno County Jail on her warrants and new charges related to grand theft of crops and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Her bail was set at $65,000.