CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – Authorities on Monday arrested a Ukiah man found with marijuana and a concealed weapon in the Pawnee fire evacuation zone in Spring Valley Lakes.

Christian Hiran Campos, 30, was taken into custody on Monday afternoon, according to Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

All of Spring Valley Lakes has been under mandatory evacuation since Saturday evening, when a fire erupted on the northern end of the subdivision and threatened the entire community, as Lake County News has reported.

Paulich said the Lake County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from local law enforcement agencies to assist with patrolling the evacuated areas.

The responding agencies included the Lakeport Police Department, Clearlake Police Department, California State Parks, California Fish and Wildlife and the California Highway Patrol, Paulich said.

He said those agencies are patrolling for unauthorized people in the area and contacting them to determine their reason for being in the area.

On Monday at 1:40 p.m. Lakeport Police Officer Andrew Welter was assisting the Lake County Sheriff’s Office with patrolling the Spring Valley area when he observed a black Toyota 4Runner traveling on Spring Valley Road with expired license plate tags, Paulich said.

Paulich said Welter conducted a traffic stop and contacted the driver, who identified himself Campos, and said he was working in the Spring Valley community but was unable to identify who he was working for or what he was doing.

Welter determined Campos was an unlicensed driver, Paulich said. A consensual search of Campos’s vehicle revealed he was in possession of approximately 2 pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun. Other items found inside the Toyota were a small weighing scale and binoculars.

Campos was arrested and booked at the Lake County Jail for being an unauthorized person in disaster zone, possession of more than 28.5 grams of cannabis, possession of cannabis for sale, transportation of cannabis for sale, possession of a concealed firearm in vehicle, unlicensed driver.

Jail records showed that his bail was set at $5,000, with a Wednesday arraignment set.