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2 Known Gang Members Arrested; Police Seize Weapons, Meth

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Two gang members have been arrested after a long-term investigation by the North Gang Enforcement Team in Sacramento.

francisco flores
(credit: Sacramento Police Department)

The gang officers are part of the Sacramento Police Department and identified Sacramento resident Francisco Flores as a validated gang member. Officers identified Flores was supplying a heavy amount of narcotics to North Sacramento neighborhoods.

raul rositas
(credit: Sacramento Police Department)

Through an intensive investigation, officers were led to Flores' associate Raul Rositas, also a Sacramento resident and gang member.

Officers pulled each of the men over in separate incidences. In those vehicle stops, officers said they found a large amount of methamphetamine, cash, and a loaded firearm. In follow-up, gang officers also found more narcotics, items used to sell drugs, and another handgun.

guns n drums
(credit: Sacramento Police Department)

The gang officers also issued a search warrant at a residence connected Flores. At the residence, officers seized multiple loaded magazines, a high capacity drum magazine, and more methamphetamine.

Flores and Rositas were arrested on numerous firearms, narcotics possession, and sales charges.

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