Fernley, Nev. — The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office seized drugs and firearms during a search warrant operation Thursday at a residence in Fernley, authorities said.
The investigation began earlier this month and resulted in a residential search warrant issued by the Justice Court of Canal Township. On Jan. 8, investigators executed the warrant at a home on Wild Cherry Drive.
Before serving the warrant, deputies conducted a traffic stop involving the primary resident of the home. During the stop, a Lyon County Sheriff’s Office K-9 performed a free-air sniff of the vehicle and alerted to the presence of narcotics, according to officials.
A subsequent search of the residence and surrounding property led investigators to locate suspected controlled substances, drug paraphernalia, and multiple firearms. Items seized included suspected methamphetamine, concentrated cannabis products, psilocybin mushrooms, and evidence consistent with drug use and distribution.
Deputies also recovered several firearms and firearm components. Some of the weapons are allegedly unlawfully under Nevada law, and include altered or prohibited components.
As a result of the investigation, 39-year-old Jacob Allen Hetzler was arrested and booked into the Lyon County Jail on multiple felony charges. Those charges include possession of methamphetamine, possession of psilocybin mushrooms, possession of concentrated cannabis, manufacture or possession of a silencer, altering or obliterating a firearm serial number, and unlawful possession of an unfinished firearm frame or receiver.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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