3 Windsor Brothers, 1 Woman Arrested in 2-County Drug Bust

Napa and Sonoma County narcotics investigators arrested five
people on drug charges and recovered more than 80 pounds of processed marijuana during searches in both counties Wednesday.

The arrests capped a month-long undercover investigation by the Napa Special Investigations Bureau.

Four Windsor residents were among those arrested later Wednesday in the bust that began Wednesday evening at an Arco gas station in Calistoga.

Police said the initial person involved was Victor Almonte, 32, of Santa Rosa, who was arrested for allegedly selling methamphetamine to an undercover agent at the Calistoga gas station.

He also was arrested for possession of cocaine for sales, selling
cocaine, and conspiracy, Napa Special Investigations Bureau Sgt. Oscar Ortiz said.

Napa County narcotics agents then searched a residence in the 2400 block of Flagstone Drive in Napa where 296 marijuana plants were growing, Ortiz said.

The growers, two Windsor brothers, were using lamps and bypassed a PG&E meter to grow the pot, Ortiz said.

At a residence at 9500 Kristine Way in Windsor, narcotics agents
arrested Jose Luis Valdovinos Paramo, 33, and Gonzalo Valdovinos Paramo, 25, for cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale and theft of utilities over $400 at the Napa house.

Jose Valdovinos Paramo also was arrested for sale of a controlled substance, sale of cocaine and conspiracy.

Narcotics investigators found more than 80 pounds of processed
marijuana, a couple grams of methamphetamine and $56,000 in U.S. currency at the Windsor home, Ortiz said.

At a mobile home on Evergreen Avenue in Windsor, narcotics
investigators found four pounds of marijuana and arrested a third brother, Victor Valdovinos Paramo, 35, for possession of marijuana for sale, Ortiz said. The mobile home was associated with all three Valdovinos Paramo
brothers, Ortiz said.

Leticia Cuevas, 25, of Windsor, was arrested during a vehicle stop for possession of marijuana for sale and possession of two grams of methamphetamine, Ortiz said. She was booked into Sonoma County Jail.

The three Valdovinos Paramo brothers were booked into Napa County Jail on suspicion of charges related to the Flagstone Drive grow, Ortiz said.

The Napa County Sheriff's Office's detective bureau and SWAT team, the Napa Police Department's SWAT team, Sonoma County Sheriff's Office's narcotics investigators and the Calistoga Police Department also participated
in the arrests.

By Bay City News Service.