Tulare County Sheriff’s K9 Finds Drugs, Stolen Guns Inside Suspect’s Car

Fidel Perez, 35. Photo: TCSO.

 

TULARE COUNTY, CA (KMJ) – A K9 with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office helped deputies find drugs and stolen guns from a suspect’s car, deputies say.

It happened just before 7:45 p.m. Sunday in the area of Ave 400 and Road 136 in Cutler.

According to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office, deputies pulled over a car 35-year-old Fidel Perez was driving.

 

Photo: TCSO.

 

During the search, the K9 deputy helped sniff out several bundles of meth, drug paraphernalia and a loaded stolen gun from the inside of the car.

 

Photo: TCSO.

 

Deputies arrested Perez and booked him in the Tulare County Pre-Trial Facility on charges of carrying a concealed firearm, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

 

Anyone with more information is asked to call the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office at 1-800-808-0488 or by text or voicemail at 559-725-4194.