A restaurant owner is
under arrest, accused of serving up meth along with his tacos. Police
say they took Amirio Gonzales into custody, and found two pounds of
methamphetamines in his possession.
The
taqueria is now boarded up, indefinitely closed. It's not exactly well
hidden: It's right off of a busy street, directly across the street
from a Christian school, and only 1000 feet away from a local sheriff's
substation.
"They would show up at the restaurant, and instead
of ordering Mexican food they would order methamphetamine," said Mike
Hudson, head of the Yuba/Sutter County Drug Task Force.
Hudson said that the task force made two undercover buys from Gonzales at the restaurant, at which point they made the bust.
"They
were actually charging us $24,000 a pound for the methamphetamine,"
Hudson said. "In 20 years, that's the most we've ever been charged."
The street price for a pound of meth goes for $10,000 to $12,000, but police had no problem paying double.
"For us, it was a good deal," Hudson said. "Bad deal for him."
My name is Christopher (aka lowster11) from Sacramento,CA. I have been an addict for over 20 years. I started using meth when I was 16 and have been clean since Feb 04 2006.