EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - Deputies handed out several charges Sunday afternoon after an operation in unincorporated El Paso County.

According to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO), deputies conducted a targeted enforcement operation in the 5400 block of Almont Avenue at 2:35 p.m. Deputies say the area is known for criminal activity and narcotics distribution.

Deputies said they spotted a gold Honda Pilot leaving the home and initiated a traffic stop. The people inside the car were identified as Matthias Black, 31, Brian Martinez, 54, and a woman whose identity was not publicly shared.

Deputies said they saw drug paraphernalia in plain sight during the stop.

Martinez was arrested and booked into the El Paso County Jail on two outstanding felony warrants for vehicular eludin

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