Salinas Police: Gang members arrested for allegedly having drugs, unregistered guns

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) Two men who police say are gang members were arrested on gun and drug charges.

Officers said they pulled over a vehicle near N. Main Street and Rossi Street for vehicle violations, and they used K-9 Oakley to sniff the vehicle.

Oakley alerted officers to two locations in the vehicle, according to police, and two loaded, unregistered, semi-automatic guns were found.

Police arrested the driver, 19-year-old Fabian Moreno, and his passenger, 20-year-old Max Tatro. Officers said when the men were searched, they had cocaine in their pockets.

Both were booked into the Monterey County Jail on several gang, drug and gun-related charges.