Anonymous
Source: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
On April 10, 2019, members of the Sheriff’s Special Investigations Bureau (SIB) served a search warrant at a residence in the 200-block of Big Sur Drive in Goleta. Prior to serving the search warrant, a traffic stop was conducted on 43-year-old Omar Alfaro-Rios of Goleta in the 7400 block of Hollister Avenue. During the traffic stop, Detectives located approximately one pound of black tar heroin, worth an estimated street value of $16,000, secreted within Alfaro-Rios’ waistband. Alfaro-Rios also had a small amount of methamphetamine located within one of his pants pockets.
Following the traffic stop, Detectives served a search warrant at the residence and located items consistent with sales and trafficking of narcotics including cellophane wrapping, a scale with heroin residue on it, and several bank cards. Detectives arrested Alfaro-Rios for possession for sales of a controlled substance, transportation of a controlled substance with the i ntent to distribute, and possession of a controlled substance. He is being held on $30,000 bail at the Santa Barbara County Jail.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office contracts with the City of Goleta for police services.
I would venture to guess that for the most part, Cops KNOW who the local dealers are… They just need the “OK” from the Command staff & District Attorney’s Office to make bust(s).
Or more likely, they need a warrant or at least probable cause to search. Just “knowing” someone is dealing isn’t enough. They pulled this guy over for a traffic stop, found the heroin and likely something else to allow them to get a warrant to search his house.