Tehachapi police arrested two 30-year-old residents on Sunday after discovering a loaded gun, cash, and approximately half a pound of methamphetamine during a search of a Golden Hills home.
Officers conducted a search warrant in the 20400 block of Dawn Avenue, arresting Rumaldo Rodriguez and Brittany Leanne Hernandez. Both suspects were booked into Kern County Jail.
During the search, investigators discovered a loaded pistol, ammo, a high-capacity magazine, digital scales, packaging material, a large sum of cash, and methamphetamine. Officers also discovered police scanners and video surveillance equipment in the home. The K-9 unit from the Bakersfield Police Departmentsearch.
Rodriguez and Hernandez are charged with keeping a drug house, possessing narcotics for sale, being a felon in possession of a handgun, being a felon in possession of ammunition, possessing a high-capacity magazine, conspiring to conduct a crime, and endangering children.
Anyone with information on the inquiry can call Detective Orozco or Sergeant Adams at the Tehachapi Police Department, 661-822-2222.