MCSO drug task force arrests two suspected drug dealers in Phoenix

PHOENIX – Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested two men in Phoenix after they received information about large quantities of heroin being sold on city streets.

According to a release, officials from the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area and the Maricopa County Drug Suppression Task Force served search warrants at two north Phoenix apartments, where detectives found narcotics, large amounts of cash and evidence of other drug sales.

Additional drugs were located in the vehicles of 32-year-old Eden Camacho-Montoya and 42-year-old Felizardo Castro-Lopez, who were both arrested and booked into the 4th Avenue Jail.

The two men face felony charges of narcotic drugs for sale, possession of narcotic drugs for sale, conspiracy and possession of weapons in a drug offense, among others.

During the search, authorities seized 1.81 pounds of methamphetamine, five ounces of heroin, 53 fentanyl pills, 13.1 grams of cocaine, two handguns, and over $41,000 in cash.

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