Some heady police work landed a Gallup female in jail May 19 after a deputy with the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office went the distance in a suspected warrant search.

Arnold Noriega of the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office stopped a silver Alero driven by Lisa Nuñez on Ray Street in Gamerco, according to a police report on the matter. Also in the car were two other passengers, one identified as Clifford McAdams and the other as Angelica Castaneda, according to the report.

Castaneda did have an outstanding bench warrant from McKinley County. She was arrested for possession of black-tar heroin and drug paraphernalia, according to Noriega’s report.

“After getting consent to search her purse I located a ball of foil that contained a ball of black tar-like substance,” Noriega wrote.

Neither Nuñez nor McAdams was arrested, according to jail records.

Castaneda bonded out of the McKinley County Adult Detention Center on May 19 after paying a $6,000 bail bond, jail warden Steve Silversmith said.

By Bernie Dotson

Sun Correspondent