{"id":36604,"date":"2025-11-03T23:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/36604\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:16:50","slug":"kern-county-deputies-seize-nearly-3700-pounds-of-meth-arrest-five-in-bakersfield-drug-lab-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/36604\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County Deputies Seize Nearly 3,700 Pounds of Meth, Arrest Five in Bakersfield Drug Lab Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities dismantled a large-scale methamphetamine conversion lab inside a Bakersfield home on Thursday, seizing nearly 3,700 pounds of drugs and arresting five suspects, the Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies served a search warrant at a residence in the 400 block of Rian Noelle Court, where they recovered about 953.9 pounds of methamphetamine, more than 2,725 pounds of meth in solution, and hazardous chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, Christian Castro, 29, Kymberly Lopez-Garcia, 22, and Jesus Felix-Castro, 26, were stopped on Highway 99 near Delano with about 10 pounds of meth, deputies said. Fausto Zazueta-Beltran, 49, was found at the lab, and Casimiro Violante-Lopez, 46, was arrested at another Bakersfield location.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwfresno.com\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"BMW 1280x180\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761173413_533_Untitled-design-6.png\" alt=\"BMW 1280x180\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"180\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All five were booked into the Lerdo Justice Facility on multiple felony charges, including manufacturing and transporting controlled substances, maintaining a residence for drug sales, and conspiracy. Violante-Lopez was also wanted in a 2021 investigation involving 53 pounds of meth.<\/p>\n<p>Kern County Environmental Health and Code Compliance teams responded to handle hazardous materials, while the District Attorney\u2019s Office and Regional Crime Lab processed the scene for evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities dismantled a large-scale methamphetamine conversion lab inside a Bakersfield home on Thursday, seizing nearly 3,700 pounds of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-36604","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\/36604","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=36604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}