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Police sieze thousands of grams of illegal drugs, weapons from Mesa man's home

The men had multiple grams of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and m-30 pills, police said. Officers also seized multiple firearms at the residence.

MESA, Ariz. — The Mesa Police Department has arrested two men who were allegedly in possession of illegal drugs and weapons, the department said Monday.

The two men, identified as 52-year-old Anthony Vega and 32-year-old Oscar Arrez, reportedly had the following at both of the men's residences:

  • 2,940.4 grams of narcotic blue m-30 pills (more than 25,000 pills)
  • 43.7 grams of heroin
  • 37.2 grams of methamphetamine
  • 4.4 grams of cocaine
  • 14 firearms, two of which were stolen
  • $9,690

Officers arrested the two men after they learned Vega was reportedly selling illegal drugs from his Mesa home, police said. Officers made the arrests and confiscated the findings after obtaining a search warrant.

The arrests were made in conjunction with the department's "Summer Violent Crime Reduction Project" that started on March 25, the department said.

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