Crime & Safety

Motorcyclist Talking on Cell Phone Gets Busted for Meth

The biker's pockets were allegedly filled with baggies of drugs.

A California Highway Patrol officer arrested a motorcyclist for methamphetamine Saturday after he saw the man talking on a cell phone while riding without a hands-free device.

CHP Sgt. R. Monahan spotted Adrian Yanze-Garcia, 29, of Santa Cruz, at 40th Street near Clares Street at 6:40 p.m., allegedly talking on a cell phone while riding a motorcycle.

During the stop, Sgt. Monahan spotted bags of what appeared to be cocaine and methamphetamine in the rider's pockets.

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Yanze-Garcia was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession for sale and felony transportation of a controlled substance.

He was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail on $5,000 bail.

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