Buckley men charged for possession of more than 31 pounds of meth, other narcotics
Feb 4, 2015, 11:18 AM | Updated: 11:18 am
Two men were charged Tuesday with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver in a case that involved more than 31 pounds of methamphetamine, 425 oxycodone pills and heroin.
Augustin Gutierrez-Valencia, 24, and Gerardo Danesta Dias, 25, are being held on $500,000 bail and $250,000 bail, respectively.
“This was a major drug bust in an ongoing effort to stop the methamphetamine pipeline from Mexico,” Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist said.
Gutierrez-Valencia and Danesta Dias were arrested Feb. 2 in their Buckley home after police served a search warrant, according to information provided by Heather Songer, public information coordinator for the prosecutor’s office. Inside the home, police found $91,000 in cash, the oxycodone pills and several ounces of methamphetamine and heroin.
Police searched an SUV and found more than 31 pounds of methamphetamine in a hidden compartment. The suspects allegedly used the SUV to transport drugs from Los Angeles to Washington.
