Police seized 5 kilos of cocaine from a driver doing burnouts in Garden Grove

Last night, September 18, 2022 at 10:33 PM, as Garden Grove police officers were conducting citywide enforcement of reckless driving/street racing, when they observed a truck doing burnouts on Katella Ave.

A traffic stop was initiated on the vehicle. During a search of the car, Officers located five heavily wrapped packages behind one of the seats.

Further investigation determined the items were 5 kilos of cocaine.

The suspect was arrested and later booked into Orange County Jail.

If you are going to drive recklessly or engage in street racing you may want to leave your cocaine at home.

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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