Two Arrested On Central Coast For Drug Operation; More Than $600,000 Worth Of Illegal Drugs Seized

KCLU | By Lance Orozco

Published February 26, 2020 at 5:09 PM PST

Some of the more than $600,000 worth of drugs seized as the result of a nearly year long investigation on the Central Coast. Two men were arrested.

A nearly year long investigation has led to two arrests, and the seizure of more than $600,000 worth of drugs on the Central Coast. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives say they arrested Timothy Kieth Moore and Jesse Daniel Talaugon of San Luis Obispo on various drugs and weapons related charges.

Detectives seized about $270,000 worth of methamphetamine, $180,000 worth of Fentanyl, and more than $140,000 worth of heroin.

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Lance Orozco

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.

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