EDMOND — Six grams of meth, six grams of marijuana and $5,000 in cash believed to be proceeds from drug sales were seized during a drug bust that began as a domestic call, police said.

Early Tuesday afternoon, Edmond Police Officer Joseph Wells was dispatched to a domestic call at 240 E. 15th Street, according to a report filed by Wells.

Dispatch advised the officer that the calling party was upset because his wife was leaving “with some other guys” in the parking lot in a white 2012 Dodge Charger, the report stated.

Wells and Officer Page Hussey arrived and spotted the vehicle in the parking lot, police said. A female and two males were sitting in the vehicle.

Wells spoke with the female, who said the driver was an old friend of hers and she was going to go with him for the night, police said. He was in town visting friends and family and came over to get her. Hussey identified the driver and told Wells he had previous drug charges on his record and that the vehicle was a rental car, police said.

When Wells asked the driver what he was doing there, he said he came to town because he had a court hearing the next day, police said. He said he is old friends with the female.

Wells spoke with an unidentified person who said he did not know the female and the driver had just picked him up in Guymon earlier in the day, police said. He said they had just arrived and were there to hang out, police said.

None of the individual’s stories were the same and each person had different explanations as to why they were there, Wells stated in his narrative.

Based on his observations, Wells called for Officer Joe Rice and his K-9 partner to assist, police said. During a free air search of the vehicle his K-9 alerted, police said.

When Wells asked the driver if there was anything illegal in the vehicle he said he had just rented it and did not believe there was, police said.

When Wells informed the driver he was going to search the vehicle he appeared to become agitated, police said. He asked why the dog was called and why the officer was searching his vehicle, police said. The officer explained why and placed the driver in the backseat of his patrol car for the driver’s safety during the search, police said.

Wells asked an unidentified person if he knew of anything illegal in the vehicle and the person said he did not know of anything, police said. He was placed in the backseat of Hussey’s patrol car.

During the search, a black case was found sticking out from under the driver’s seat, police said. It was next to an orange and black cell phone. In the case were two baggies containing a white rocky substance believed to be meth, police said.

One baggy contained a single crystal rock and another small bag a crystal powder, police said. The other baggy contained a large amount of powder and several crystal rocks. Another baggy contained a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana, police said.

In the case were two syringes, one of which contained an unknown clear liquid, a baggy containing a white substance that appeared to be VitaBlend, a chap stick tube converted into a mairjuana pipe and a pack of rolling paper, police said.

Police said during the incident officers also seized a digital scale with white residue, unused syringes and an unopened bottle of VitaBlend in a bag of clothing in the trunk. At the station, during booking, $1,575 in cash was found in the driver’s wallet and $5,000 in cash was found in a cigarette box concealed in his underwear, police said.

When the driver said the $5,000 was for his attorney, Wells said he was seizing it based on his belief it was proceeds from drug sales, police said.

The case was only in reach of the driver, William Zeke Garcia, 32, of Liberal, Kan., who was arrested on complaints of felony possession of marijuana, felony possession of meth with intent to distribute, possession of proceeds from illegal drug activity and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.

The substances field tested positive for meth and for marijuana, police said.

As of mid-day Wednesday, the suspect had not been booked into the county jail, according to the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office online public access database. Formal charges have not yet been filed by the district attorney, according to the Oklahoma State Courts online database.



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