TRAFFIC STOP NETS DRUG ARRESTS vs

DURING A ROUTINE 1 A.M. TRAFFIC STOP TUESDAY MORNING, A SALINAS POLICE OFFICER FOUND ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO ARREST 2 MEN. THE OFFICER MADE THE STOP AT ROSSI AND NORTH MAIN STREET, WHERE THE 28-YEAR-OLD DRIVER MIGUEL MEDINA, WAS FOUND TO BE UNLICENSED, AND HAD NO IDENTIFICATION. A LOADED .22 CAL REVOLVER, OVER 57 GRAMS OF CRYSTAL METH, AND ABOUT 10 GRAMS OF METH (IN ROCK FORM), WAS FOUND IN THE CAR. MEDINA ALSO HAD A GRAM SCALE IN HIS BACK POCKET, AND HAD A FELONY WARRANT OUT FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. HIS 29-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER FRANCISCO QUINTERO (WHO WAS ON PAROLE) WAS BOOKED FOR SEVERAL WEAPONS CHARGES AND VIOLATING HIS PROBATION. MEDINA WAS BOOKED ON DRUG CHARGES AND DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE.