Lemoore police make traffic stop, discover drug evidence

According to police reports, the suspect, Loya, was found to be driving on a suspended license. During the stop, LPD officers search Loya’s vehicles, and. during the search, they located approximately 92 grams of methamphetamine, $2500 cash, multiple scales, and packaging material. 

Police report that a passenger in the car displayed possible symptoms of being under the influence of a controlled substance. Officers performed drug recognition tests on the female and determined she was under the influence of a controlled substance.

The female initially gave officers a false name, but she was later identified as suspect Rosa Vargas, of Huron. While booking Vargas into the Kings County Jail a female deputy located methamphetamine and a pipe commonly used to smoke methamphetamine on Vargas’ person. 

Police booked Loya into the Kings County Jail on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance for sale, transportation of a controlled substance, possession of unlawful paraphernalia, and driving with a suspended license. Loya was held on $50,000 bail.

The other suspect, Vargas, was booked into the Kings County Jail for false personation of another, smuggling a controlled substance into a jail, possession of a controlled substance, being under the influence of a controlled substance, and possession of unlawful paraphernalia. Vargas was held on $65,000 bail.