7 OUNCES OF METHAMPHETAMINES WERE RECOVERED ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN WATSONVILLE. AN OFFICER STOPPED 56 YEAR OLD EFRAIN GUIDO ALANIS ON A ROUTINE TRAFFIC VIOLATION STOP NEAR ARTHUR ROAD AND FREEDOM BOULEVARD. ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES, WHEN A SECOND OFFICER ARRIVED, ALANIS ALLEGEDLY HANDED HIM A 7-POINT-37 OUNCE BAG OF METH. WHEN NARCOTICS TASK FORCE MEMBERS LATER OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT, THEY FOUND .45 CALIBER AMMUNITION IN HIS LAS LOMAS HOME. SINCE ALANIS IS A CONVICTED FELON, HE WAS ARRESTED AND REMAINS IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL IN LIEU OF 250 THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL.
