ARABIC DRUG FOUND IN SEASIDE 12/6/12 4:40p DMF

MORE THAN 72 POUNDS OF KHAT, A STIMULANT DRUG DERIVED FROM AN EAST AFRICAN OR SOUTHERN ARABIAN SHRUB WAS FOUND IN SALINAS. INVESTIGATORS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND SALINAS POLICE TWO HANDGUNS AS WELL AS THE 72 POUNDS OF KHAT WERE LOCATED IN THE SEARCH. REPORTEDLY THE DRUG WAS DELIVERED TO MAILBOXES IN SEASIDE AND DEL REY OAKS. ON WEDNESDAY, 40-YEAR OLD JAIME GOMEZ OF SALINAS WAS ARRESTED FOR THE POSSESSION AND INTENTION OF SELLING KHAT.