4 Arrested in West Ariz. Drug Operation

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. - Four people have been arrested in a drug bust Friday in Bullhead City.

Detectives got a tip that a drug deal was going to go down in a business parking lot on Friday afternoon. Officers arrested 24-year-old Alexis Nazario-Negron and 29-year-old Pedro Flores Ayala, both of Las Vegas, NV.

Nazario-Negron and Ayala were arrested for possession of dangerous drugs, possession of dangerous drugs for sale, possession of drug paraphernalia and transportation of drugs. As the SWAT team moved in on the suspects, police say Nazario-Negron threw 1.22 pounds of methamphetamine out of his car window.

Upon further investigation, detectives learned more drugs were being stored at their stash house. Police executed a search warrant and located 12 ounces of methamphetamine, three handguns and $10,000 in cash.

Police pulled over a vehicle that left the house earlier and arrested 26-year-old Ricardo Antonio Alarcon of Las Vegas, NV, and 21-year-old Fernando Tapia Quinones of Bullhead City, Ariz.

Both suspects were arrested for possession of dangerous drugs, possession of dangerous drugs for sale, possession of drug paraphernalia and misconduct involving weapons.