Crime & Safety

Ecstasy-Dealing Gang Member Caught With Gun

The bust marks the 14th gun seizure by the county Gang Task Force this year.

A gang member on probation was arrested Friday afternoon in Watsonville after officers discovered Ecstasy, marijuana and a gun in the vehicle he was riding in, the county Gang Task Force reported.

Anibal Gordo-Ruiz, 23, was a passenger in a car when the Gang Task Force routine gang suppression patrol spotted him and recognized him as a gang member on probation and pulled over the vehicle, authorities reported. 

The car stop happened around 4:45 p.m. Freedom Boulevard and Marin Avenue.

In addition to the drugs, officers reported finding an unloaded concealed gun and $1,190 cash, presumed profits from drug sales, according to the Gang Task Force.

Gordo-Ruiz was arrested on suspicion of several drug, weapons and gang-related charges. 

The county Gang Task Force has seized 14 guns this year. 


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