Man arrested as 25 lb of marijuana seized in Azusa raid
Covina police raided an Azusa apartment on 17 October 2019, arresting Isaac Martinez and seizing about 25 pounds of marijuana alongside suspected Xanax and cocaine. A toddler found inside was taken into county care, and Martinez was released on bond the next morning.
🇺🇸 apartment in the 400 block of North San Gabriel Avenue, Azusa · California, United States
Covina police arrested Isaac Martinez at an apartment in Azusa on 17 October
2019 and booked him on suspicion of drug-related charges.[1]Officers found a
2-year-old child in the apartment, and the child was placed in the care of the
county department of child and family services.[1]Martinez was held on
$100,000bail, posted bond and was released early Friday morning according to
county jail records.[1]A second man was also at the apartment during the
arrest, whom police declined to identify.[2]
During the raid officers found approximately 25 pounds of marijuana, about 11.34
kg, in the apartment.[1]Officers also found about 12,000 pills that appeared
to be Xanax and $1,200 in cash in the apartment.[1]Officers also found 7.5
ounces of cocaine in the same raid.[1]Police also recovered a machine used to
produce and press pills at the apartment.[1]
The investigation began about two weeks earlier after a student at a Covina-area
high school was caught with what looked like Xanax pills without a prescription.[1]Investigators tracked a possible source of the drugs to an apartment in the
400 block of North San Gabriel Avenue in Azusa.[1]Investigators said they
believed Martinez had made several sales to students at the Covina high school
and were probing whether he was part of a larger dealing enterprise.[1]Police
said the pills found in the apartment had not yet been tested to confirm their
contents.[1]
Photos and video
Seized pills, marijuana and cocaine laid out after the Azusa apartment raid. Photo: Courtesy of Covina Police Department.Photo details
The Tribune photo caption says 7.5 pounds of cocaine while its article text and the CityWatch account say 7.5 ounces; this report uses ounces and records no cocaine weight in figures.
The Tribune gives Martinez's age as 21 while CityWatch gives 23.
CityWatch mentions a second man at the apartment whom police declined to identify; it is unclear whether he was arrested, charged or released.
Police said the seized pills had not yet been tested, so their contents were unconfirmed at publication.
No charges, court outcome or later case steps were reported beyond the initial booking and bond release.
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