UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Police: Drug dealers texted officer

|
 
Published: May 31, 2012 at 5:22 PM

SANTA MARIA, Calif., May 31 (UPI) -- Authorities in California said two suspected methamphetamine dealers were arrested after allegedly sending text message advertisements to a police officer.

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department said a Santa Maria police officer received a text message Tuesday from a number he did not recognize offering to sell drugs, KSBY-TV, San Luis Obispo, reported Thursday.

A sheriff's office spokesman said the officer agreed to purchase 2 grams of methamphetamine, and Reymundo Carlos Escobedo and John Martin Silvera arrived at the agreed-upon meeting place and were confronted by members of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit.

The men were arrested on drug charges and booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bail.

© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
Additional Odd News Stories
Your Daily Horoscope
The almanac
1 of 16
Tornadoes Devastate Moore, Oklahoma
View Caption
A damaged movie theater is seen in aftermath of a series of tornadoes in Moore, Oklahoma, May 21, 2013. On May 20 a series of tornadoes swept through severals towns south of Oklahoma City leaving a path of destruction and killing at least 24 people. UPI/J.P. Wilson
fark
Real estate tip: Just because your house overlooks a golf course doesn't mean it will always be...
Man breaks into fortune teller's home to get his money back after love spell fails. Guess she didn't...
Marijuana bacon. Dude
You run out of gas along the interstate. Do you A: Call a friend for help? B: Call a tow truck?...
Thanks to generous donations a 91 year old WWII vet will not be evicted from his home of 56 years...
News: 31-year-old woman spends £20,000 on clothes for her 8-year-old son. Fark: She's hot (w/pics)...