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Article: 3 arrested in big seizure of raw heroin Drugs valued at $1.2 million; Oakland man nabbed said to be major East Bay dealer
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 3, 2003
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A different kind of shopping trip ended with the Alameda County
Narcotics Task Force seizing more than $1.2 million worth of raw
heroin and arresting three people, including an Oakland man suspected
of being a major East Bay dealer.
Also arrested was the owner of the San Jose market where the
arrests happened and a Texas man authorities believe brought the
drugs to California in secret compartments built into his car.
The seizure was among the largest ever made by the task force in
its more than 20 years in existence, officials said.
The Oakland man was identified as Heri Castaneda, 28, who lived in
the 2100 block of 41st Avenue.
Hayward Police Lt. Lloyd Myers, the task force commander, ...