Valrico man charged after HCSO gang unit raid found 9 guns and marijuana
HCSO Gang Unit detectives arrested Raul Gonzalez in Valrico, Florida, on 10 November 2026 on three outstanding warrants. A subsequent search of his home recovered marijuana, nine firearms and other narcotics; Gonzalez faces five felony charges including three counts of delivery of cannabis.
🇺🇸 Valrico, Hillsborough County, Florida · United States
Detectives with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit arrested Raul
Gonzalez on 10 November 2026 on three outstanding warrants, after an
investigation uncovered drugs and firearms at his Valrico home.[1]Following
the arrest, investigators searched Gonzalez’s Valrico residence and recovered
marijuana, nine firearms and other narcotics.[1]
Gonzalez is charged with multiple felonies, including three counts of delivery
of cannabis and two counts of armed possession of a controlled substance with
intent to sell or deliver, according to HCSO.[1]Gonzalez faces multiple
felony charges including three counts of delivery of cannabis and two counts of
armed possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell or deliver a
Schedule I drug.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Agency
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Activity
Sale, Trafficking
Setting
Home
Charges
delivery of cannabis; armed possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell or deliver
No figure for the weight of the marijuana or other narcotics was published; only the count of nine firearms is stated.
No court outcome, bond information or trial date was published; the charges remain allegations at the charged stage.
The 'other narcotics' mentioned are not identified in the accounts; only marijuana is confirmed as a cannabis product.
The full first name 'Raul' for Gonzalez appears only in the Tampa Free Press account; the submitted Tampa Bay 28 page uses 'Gonzalez' without a first name.
Both accounts rely on the HCSO sheriff's office social media post and release; the agency's own page was not opened directly.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Tampa Free Press: Tampa Free Press confirmed the full first name as Raul Gonzalez, arrested by HCSO Gang Unit detectives on 10 November on three outstanding warrants.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Tampa Free Press: After the arrest, investigators searched Gonzalez's Valrico residence and found marijuana, other narcotics and nine guns, according to the sheriff's office release.
Left out products, as its quotation was not found in Tampa Free Press.
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