LAKEPORT, Calif. – Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force detectives arrested a Lakeport couple and seized marijuana, methamphetamine, hydrocodone pills and two firearms following a search warrant service Friday.

Carlos Ponce, 31, and 28-year-old Laura Ann Flores were arrested at Ponce's home, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Brooks said narcotics detectives secured a search warrant for Ponce's person, vehicle and residence, located in the 300 block of 16th Street in Lakeport, on Jan. 17.

At 8:20 a.m. Friday detectives served the warrant at Ponce’s residence, Brooks said.

Detectives announced their presence and the fact they had a search warrant, with no response from inside the home. Brooks said the detectives forced entry into the residence where they located and detained Ponce and Flores, who had with them their 3-year-old child.

During a search of the master bedroom detectives located a plastic bucket filled with processed marijuana, a plastic bag containing approximately 1 pound of processed marijuana and other miscellaneous containers of processed marijuana, Brooks said.

Detectives also located two 12 gauge shotguns and a high capacity drum magazine filled with 12 gauge slugs in the master bedroom closet, according to Brooks.

In the bathroom detectives located a digital scale, 1.8 grams of packaged methamphetamine and a glass meth pipe inside a sweatshirt on the floor, Brooks said. Inside Ponce’s vehicle, detectives found 25 5 milligrams hydrocodone pills inside a plastic bag in the glove box. Detectives also located $504, which was seized pending asset forfeiture proceedings.

Brooks said Ponce and Flores were arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance while armed, possession of a controlled substance for sale, possession of marijuana for sale and possession of controlled substance paraphernalia.

Narcotics detectives also charged Ponce and Flores with child endangerment due to the methamphetamine located in the bathroom which was easily accessible to the child, Brooks said.

Ponce and Flores were transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility and booked. Bail for each was set at $75,000.

The Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force can be reached through its anonymous tip line at 707-263-3663.