Santa Cruz Police officers arrested 7-people yesterday, after a 2-year-long investigation. 3-others were cited in the operation, in which officers raided and searched the Avenue Bar on the 7-hundred block of Pacific Avenue. Multiple apartments above the bar were also searched. Police say they found cocaine, oxycontin, and marijuana in the buildings. They say the drugs were intended for sale. The investigation is on-going, and police expect to make additional arrests. State authorities have been contacted, to review The Avenue Bar’s alcohol license.
