Gabe Talamantes caught up in undercover sting at south Broadway motel
Staff Report
Humboldt Sentinel
Eureka’s Problem Oriented Policing unit scored yet another drug bust thanks to the work of undercover cops.
Eureka Police Department personnel converged yesterday evening at a south Broadway motel after an officer who concealed his identity arranged a drug sale over the phone. EPD had been tipped off that a male subject named “Gabe” was selling cocaine, and the undercover agent agreed to buy an “eight ball” or one-eighth ounce quantity of cocaine.
Gabriel Talamantes, 33, arrived at the unnamed motel at about 5:50 p.m. yesterday, according to a press statement by EPD sergeant Steve Watson. He had arranged to meet the undercover cop to sell cocaine to him, and when investigators opened the door, they took Talamantes into custody without incident.
Upon conducting a search, EPD personnel say they located a sealed plastic baggie containing the 8-ball of cocaine in Talamantes’ pants pocket. Inside a plastic Pelican case the suspect was carrying, investigators found a digital gram scale and two more sealed baggies of cocaine, totaling one ounce or 25.7 grams of gross weight.
Gabriel Talamantes
Talamantes was booked at Humboldt County jail for transportation and possession of cocaine for sale, and for violation of the conditions of probation, meaning he is ineligible for bail.
Members of the public with information concerning drug sales in Eureka are asked to call the POP unit at (707) 441-4373 or the Humboldt County Drug Task Force at (707) 444-8095.
