A month long investigation by the Fountain Valley Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) led to the arrest of two FV residents, David Nguyen (27 years old) and Barry Nguy (26 years old), for various narcotics sales and firearms related charges.
The Fountain Valley Police began to investigate Nguyen and Nguy after receiving complaints about possible narcotics sales at the 9600 block of Mariposa.
During the execution of a search warrant at their residence, on Feb. 2,2023, the SIU located the following:
- 1 pound of cocaine
- 2 pounds of Psilocybin
- 18 boxes of Ketamine
- Approximately 900 Xanax pills
- Approximately 3700 ecstasy pills
- Approximately 20,500 Adderall pills
- 1 pound of MDMA
- 290 LSD tabs
- 3 firearms
- excess of 1,500 rounds of live ammo
- $63,156.00 in US currency
The street value of these narcotics is estimated at over $290,000.00.
Nguyen was arrested and charged with possession for sales of narcotics and firearms violations. Nguy was not present when the search warrant was executed.
On February 7, 2023, the SIU contacted and arrested Nguy in Fountain Valley. He was arrested and charged with possession for sales of narcotics and firearm violations.
