Three arrested for possession of marijuana

By Trisha Maldonado
Douglas Dispatch
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 5:31 PM MDT


Three men have been arrested for possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale and transporting marijuana for sale.


GIITEM Detectives along with Douglas Police Department detectives issue a warrant on a residence on 11th Street and D on August 29. Trisha Maldonado/Douglas Dispatch

On August 29 at approximately 9:30 a.m., State Gang Task Force Detectives (GIITEM) located two suspicious vehicles driving to a residence located at 760 11th Street. Upon arrival at the residence the GIITEM Detectives noticed four male subjects getting in and out of the back seat of one of the vehicles.

A 1990 Toyota sedan registered to Adam Barraza of Star Valley, Ariz. and 2000 Ford sedan, registered to Jan Agcaoili, left the residence; detectives conducted a traffic stop on the Toyota.

According to Detective Antonio Morales, detectives conducted a search of the vehicle and found several packages of marijuana weighting 74 pounds, and carrying an estimated street value of $37,000.

Adam Barraza, 26 and two of the three subjects assisting Barraza were later located and placed under arrest. They have been identified as Phillip Agcaoili II, 31, and Juan Armando Smith 28, both of Douglas.

A search warrant was later executed at the 760 11th Street residence at approximately 5 p.m. Evidence related to drug trafficking was seized as a result of the warrant.

GIITEM Detectives are attempting to locate and arrest the fourth subject involved in this case.

“Two of the four suspects were known gang members in the Douglas area,” Detective Morales said.

 

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Comments

    Hugh Yonn wrote on Sep 6, 2012 11:13 AM:

    " Thankfully, these desperadoes will appear in court to answer for these heinous offenses. Thus, saving America's women and children from degenerates such as these.

    This is pathetic.

    Law enforcement needs to re-direct its focus on crimes... to those that are REAL crimes.

    I spent 5 years in Federal Prison for a marijuana offense. While I was there, I watched armed bank robbers come and go in as little as 20 months.

    After 3 years 'behind the wall,' I pointed this out to the parole board. Their response: “You must understand, yours was a very serious offense.”
    How do you respond to that mentality?

    I laughed about the parole panel's comment for 2 more years (as I still sat in prison), then wrote my book:

    Shoulda Robbed a Bank

    No, it is not a treatise on disproportionate sentences, but a look at what the 'marijuana culture' is really about.
    People pursuing happiness in their own way. Harming no one...nor their property.

    That’s my contribution to helping point out just how ludicrous our pot laws truly are.
    I hope you check it out. "

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