Police Seize Five Pounds of Pot and Some Meth in Warrant Search

SAN ANGELO, TX-- The San Angelo Police Department's Street Crimes Division searched a house in the 1100 block of East 24th Street Tuesday. 

The warrant, issued by Justice of the Peace J.P. McGuire, named 37-year-old Bernabe Mendez of San Angelo to be in possession of a quantity of marijuana at the residence.

When police entered the residence they found that 26-year-old Marcy Garcia was also in the house.

Mendez was charged with state jail felony possession of marijuana, and Garcia was charged with state jail felony possession of controlled substance penalty group 1. 

The patrol division and a K-9 unit helped with the search.

The police found five pounds of marijuana, a small quantity of suspected methamphetamine, assorted drug paraphernalia, and a quantity of suspected THC Wax.