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Suspected Meth Dealer Jailed in Napa

A warrant search allegedly turned up drugs, packaging materials and a scale at the north Napa home of Omar Avila Hernandez, according to the Napa County Sheriff's Office. Arrest information does not indicate a conviction.

A north Napa man was busted for drugs after Napa Special Investigations Bureau agents served a search warrant at his home, the Napa County Sheriff’s Office announced this week.

About 3 p.m. Dec. 7, while searching Omar Avila Hernandez’s apartment in the 3400 block of Baxter Avenue, drug agents recovered about 22 grams of methamphetamine, packaging materials and a scale, according to a media release.

Hernandez, 25, was arrested on suspicion of possession and sale of a controlled substance and booked into the Napa County Department of Corrections, the sheriff's office said.

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