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Posted on: September 12, 2019

[ARCHIVED] Search Warrant Results in Firearm Seizure and Arrest - Copy

RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT *Sheriff Chad Bianco*
Press Release:	Search Warrant Results in Firearm Seizure and Arrest
Station Area:	Gang Task Force
Written Date:	09/06/19	Time:
Incident Date:	09/06/19	Time:
Incident Location:	52000 block Avenida Navarro in La Quinta
Reporting Officer:	Sergeant Paul Heredia
File Number(s):	GE192490001, LA192480100

Details:

On Friday, September 6, 2019, at 7:45 P.M. the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force with the assistance of La Quinta Special Enforcement Team served a weapons related search warrant near the 52000 block of Avenida Navarro in the City of La Quinta. The search warrant stemmed from an incident that occurred on September 5, 2019, during which time members of La Quinta Special Enforcement Team arrested documented criminal street gang member, Eric Basquez, 40 of La Quinta during a vehicle stop for being a Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Possession of Methamphetamine and Evading a Peace Officer. A loaded .40 caliber semi-auto handgun was recovered during the incident. Basquez was booked at the Indio Jail.

During today’s search warrant, Gang Task Force Officers seized a .357 revolver, and several rounds of ammunition. Gang Task Force Officers arrested Jose Angel Arellano, 20 of La Quinta for being in possession of an unregistered handgun. Arellano was booked at Smith Correctional Facility.

The Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force is committed to creating safe and secure neighborhoods free of violent crime and gang activity. If you have any information about this crime, please contact CVVCGTF member Officer Villasenor at (760) 836-1600. If you have non-emergency information regarding gang activity, please use our online Report Gang Activity Form or call 951-922-7601.

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