DELANO, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County Sheriff's deputies seized 55 pounds of methamphetamine and 100 gallons of liquid meth during a drug bust at a rural farm property west of Delano.
The operation also resulted in the discovery of five firearms and nearly 1,500 marijuana plants. Authorities dismantled a methamphetamine conversion lab at the site and arrested 22-year-old Kevin Zavala-Rivera from Mexico.
The bust connects to a larger operation discovered in Kerman in September. That raid netted more than 252 pounds of meth, 14 firearms and a large amount of cash.
Zavala-Rivera had been on the run since the Kerman bust before his arrest.
The multi-agency operation included the Kern County Sheriff's Office, Fish and Wildlife wardens, and the California Highway Patrol.
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