Alleged San Carlos Drug Dealers Brought Down in Raid

A three-month undercover investigation by law enforcement in San Mateo County led to the arrest of three people suspected of dealing drugs in San Carlos on Wednesday.

The county's Narcotics Task Force received multiple complaints of drug dealing at a home in the 1500 block of Greenwood Avenue in San Carlos, task force officials said.

The task force, along with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office and the San Carlos Patrol Bureau, began to monitor the activities of the house and undercover agents arranged to buy crystal methamphetamine from the house's occupants.

A search warrant for the house was served on Wednesday afternoon and law enforcement officials arrested three people.

A 25-year-old woman is being held on $160,000 bail. A 22-year-old woman is being held on $10,000 bail, and a 47-year-old man on $10,000 bail.

A 5-year-old child was temporarily removed from the house during the search and eight pit bulls were restrained.

Two of the pit bulls were deemed aggressive and taken to the Peninsula Humane Society.

San Carlos Police Chief Greg Rothaus said that drug arrests in San Carlos "are not uncommon," but, "in terms of having a residence set up in a neighborhood where sales are going on, I can’t remember an incident like that."

-- Bay City News Service