Convicted Felon Arrest Leads to Weapon/Drug Seizure and Stolen Vehicle Recovery 

December 16, 2023 - Riverside County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on Wednesday, December 14, 2023, members of the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force conducted follow up investigations into the weapon and drug seizure that occurred on December 13, 2023. Gang Task Force members authored a search warrant for a location in the 78000 block of Country Club Drive, Bermuda Dunes. During the search warrant, Gang Task Force members collected an additional 30 lbs. of suspected fentanyl and 6 firearms.

Additional information was developed that the subject responsible for the fentanyl and firearms was driving around in the immediate area. With the assistance of the Riverside County Sheriff’s K9 Team, the vehicle was found in a parking lot near the intersection of Avenue 42 and Washington Street, Bermuda Dunes. The K9 Team and members from the Gang Task Force contacted the vehicle in the parking lot and arrested the solo occupant, Oscar Montillo Diaz, a 20-year-old resident of Coachella. Additional narcotics and evidence were found inside the vehicle, linking Diaz to the location on County Club Drive. Diaz was arrested for possession of methamphetamine for sale, possession of fentanyl for sales, transportation of narcotics and booked into the John Benoit Detention Center.

This is an ongoing investigation, and Task Force Officers are still working to locate additional individuals involved with the firearms and illegal narcotics. If you have any information about this crime, please contact Gang Task Force member Deputy Piscatella at (760) 836–1600. If you have non-emergency information regarding gang activity, please use our Online Gang Task Force Tip Form or call 951–922–7601. If you have information regarding criminal activity and wish to be anonymous, please call Valley Crimestoppers at (760)341–7867.

Image above from current arrest. Image below from first arrest for a total of 72 pounds of fentanyl.

Reporting Deputy: Sergeant Cameron James

File # GE233470001 ZE233470003

Source & photos: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office