Heroin Dealers Receive Prison Terms

Two men were sentenced last month to prison terms for drug possession, the result of a months-long investigation by the Santa Barbara Police Department.

Police began investigating Tony Carriedo after arresting his older brother Maurilio Carriedo for drugs in March 2012. During that investigation, detectives eventually pulled over a vehicle driven by Ventura County resident Alfonso Garcia, with Tony Carriedo riding as a passenger.

Four ounces of heroin were found in an air vent in the center console by the department’s canine, Brag, and a subsequent search of Carriedo’s girlfriend’s apartment turned up more heroin, methamphetamine, mushrooms, ecstasy, and more than $7,000 in cash, according to police at the time.