{"id":363506,"date":"2026-06-16T23:55:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363506\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:55:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:55:37","slug":"gang-member-arrested-after-search-warrant-reveals-guns-nearly-3-pounds-of-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363506\/","title":{"rendered":"Gang member arrested after search warrant reveals guns, nearly 3 pounds of drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Bakersfield police arrested a 27-year-old gang member on Monday after he was allegedly found in possession of two guns, suspected methamphetamine and cocaine and over $6,000 in cash.<\/p>\n<p>On June 15, 2026, officers assigned to the Bakersfield Police Department Special Enforcement Unit (SEU) served a search warrant in the 500 Burchfield Avenue, just south of East Fairview Road. Officers contacted Eduardo Gaytan, 27, a known member of the Vario Rexland Parque street gang.<\/p>\n<p>In the search, officers said they found the following:<\/p>\n<p>Two gunsApproximately 2.8lbs of suspected methamphetamine85g of suspected cocaineOver $6,000 in cashItems related to the sales of narcotics<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f290128e-0d03-4eef-bcac-ab6f4051c093-SEIUArrest.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Gaytan was arrested and booked in the Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Lerdo Justice Facility on related charges.<\/p>\n<p>Police said this incident is an example of illegal activities that gang members commonly use to advance and grow their gang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Bakersfield police arrested a 27-year-old gang member on Monday after he was allegedly found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-363506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}