BAKERSFIELD, CA. - The Major Violator Unit of the Kern County Sheriff's Office have seized 10 pounds of Methamphetamine and arrested two suspects.
The arrests and drug bust took place around 9 a.m. on Oct. 16, and comes after a month-long invstigation.
The two individuals arrested have been identified as 34-year-old Refugio Mercado and 28-year-old Belen Tapia from Cathedral City, Calif. -- in the Coachella Valley.
Both individuals were arrested in a parking lot in south Bakersfield after investigators learned the two were attempting to sell them to subjects in Kern County.
Both were booked into the Kern County jail for possession of drugs for sales, transportation of drugs and conspiracy.
The street value of the drugs seized is estimated to be more than $350,000.
Officers also found Mercado to be in possession of a small amount of cocaine.
MVU was assisted by the KCSO Gang Suppression-Investigations Section, and the Kern County HIDTA and Cal-MMET task.