Foreign gang member nabbed in sweep

Posted at 01:09 PM on Monday, Jul. 12, 2010
By Eddie Jimenez / The Fresno Bee Share

A 24-year-old gang member from El Salvador has been arrested on felony drug charges, the Madera County Sheriff’s Department said.

County law enforcement officers and immigration agents found more than $500 worth of methamphetamine at the man’s home. He remains in custody on an immigration hold awaiting deportation.

He was one of five gang members arrested — three on probation violations — during a five-day operation that ended Saturday.

Also among those arrested was a 19-year-old man who authorities said tried to recruit a 14-year-old boy for an arson attack on a Madera man and his family members.

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