Narcotics deputies with the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office seized a quarter-ton of methamphetamine after searching a home in San Jose allegedly linked to a larger meth trafficking investigation, the office said Monday.

On Saturday, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit served a search warrant in the 3000 block of Seven Trees Boulevard in San Jose. With assistance from Sonoma Sheriff's K-9 "Duke," detectives seized about 500 pounds of methamphetamine, the sheriff's office said.

Authorities also recovered about $4,000 in cash and a loaded firearm, the sheriff's office said.

The primary suspect, identified as Jose Ortiz-Rivera, 40, who investigators allege was found to be using multiple aliases, was arrested along with Adela Lamas-Quintero, 47. Both face multiple drug and weapons char

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