On Tuesday, November 13, Special Agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force, with the assistance of a narcotic detection K9 from the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, served a search warrant at a motel located in Eureka.
Agents previously received information that 29 year old Jaime Laveaga-Nava from Sinaloa, Mexico, is a member of a drug trafficking organization and was currently distributing heroin throughout Humboldt County.
Agents contacted Laveaga-Nava at his motel room and detained him without incident. A search Laveaga-Nava’s room discovered nearly two pounds of heroin packaged for sales, digital scales, and other packaging material.
Agents also located approximately $32,000 in U.S. currency that is believed to be the proceeds of illegal narcotics sales. This currency will be held pending asset forfeiture proceedings.
Laveaga-Nava was subsequently placed under arrest and transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility where he was booked for possession and transportation of a controlled substances.
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