Alicia Ramos Caballero, 46, of Santa Rosa, Calif., was arrested on Friday, October 28, 2011, in Middletown, Calif., after she allegedly was found in possession of methamphetamine. Lake County Jail photo.

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – A routine traffic stop in Middletown last Friday morning has resulted in the arrest of a 46-year-old Santa Rosa woman for narcotics offenses and the seizure of approximately half an ounce of methamphetamine.

Alicia Ramos Caballero was taken into custody as a result of the stop, according to a Monday report from Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

On Friday, Oct. 28, at approximately 10:20 a.m., a patrol deputy assigned to the Middletown area stopped a white Lexis sedan on Central Park Road near Highway 29 for a vehicle code violation, Bauman said. Detectives with the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force were in the area at the time of the stop and arrived to assist.

The driver, Caballero, was determined to be under the influence of a controlled substance and arrested, according to Bauman.

During a search of the vehicle, narcotics detectives located two bags of methamphetamine concealed inside a driver’s door air vent, Bauman said. Each of the two bags contained approximately one-quarter ounce of methamphetamine.

Caballero was transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility where she was booked for possession of a controlled substance for sales, transportation of a controlled substance, and being under the influence of a controlled substance, Bauman said. Bail was set at $15,000.

Jail records showed that Caballero later posted bail and was released.

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