Crime & Safety
Cache of Narcotics Found in Man's Car at Traffic Stop
Deputy pulls over Novato driver near Civic Center, leading to several felony drug charges.
A traffic stop near the Marin Civic Center on Thursday morning resulted in the arrest of a Novato man on suspicion of several felony drug counts, according to the Marin County Sheriff’s Department.
Just after 4 a.m., a deputy saw a vehicle with a mechanical violation at the corner of San Pablo Avenue and North San Pedro Road and pulled over the Novato man, 45-year-old Gerardo Moran, said sheriff’s Sgt. Craig Scardina. The deputy whiffed a strong odor of marijuana and soon discovered that Moran was on probation, Scardina said.
A search of the vehicle yielded a variety of narcotics, including marijuana, morphine and methamphetamines, according to the deputy’s report.
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Moran, who listed his occupation as a store worker, was booked at Marin County Jail at 6:22 a.m. and faces felony charges of possessing narcotics for sale, selling or transporting more than 1 ounce of marijuana/hashish and transporting or selling controlled substances.
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