44 Busted in Big South Bay Drug Investigation 02-12-21 07:18 DC

Local prosecutors say 44 people have been charged in a drug and weapon investigation that spanned the South Bay and into the coast area.

Drugs were seized in these locations:

• San Jose 6/17/2020- 99.4 pounds of meth
• Gilroy 6/25/2020- 25 pounds of meth
• Santa Clara 7/1/2020- 44.6 pounds of meth
• San Jose 7/1/2020- 11.8 pounds of meth
• San Mateo 7/24/2020- 25 pounds of meth
• Sunnyvale 1/27/2021- 572 pounds of meth
• San Jose 1/27/2021- 15.9 pounds of meth, 1.8 pounds of cocaine
• Gilroy 2/9/2021- 57 pounds of meth

Watsonville police say that one of the 44 men charged in connection to the investigation was arrested in their community.

That suspect is identified as 39-year-old Jose Manuel Rodriguez. Police said multiple agencies worked together to serve a search warrant on Freedom Boulevard Wednesday afternoon.

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