29-year-old Omar Avina-Becerra of Kealakekua was arrested and charged with traffic and drug offenses following a single-vehicle car crash in Kailua-Kona where Area II Vice detectives recovered more than six pounds of marijuana, cocaine, and other drugs.
On September 23, Kona Patrol officers responded to a reported single-vehicle traffic collision involving a 2007 Honda sedan at the intersection of Kaiwi Street and Ma’a Way. During the investigation it was learned the male driver and female passenger were traveling southbound on Ma’a Way and drove through the intersection at Kaiwi Street, subsequently striking a rock wall. Neither occupants sustained injuries.
As police investigated the collision at the scene, they recovered 2.59 pounds of marijuana and 1.6 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms on the ground outside the vehicle.
Avina-Becerra was arrested at the scene for traffic and drug related offenses and an additional 15 grams of cocaine was found on his person. He was also in possession of more than $3,900 in US currency.
A search warrant on the sedan recovered an additional:
225.3 grams (.5 pound) of marijuana
43 grams marijuana concentrate
658.9 grams (1.45 pounds) of cocaine
61.67 grams of MDMA (Ecstacy)
Upon completion of the investigation, Avina-Becerra was charged with the following offenses;
- Five counts first-degree promotion of a dangerous drug
- Second-degree promotion of a dangerous drug
- First-degree promotion of a harmful drug
- First-degree promotion of a detrimental drug
- Two counts second-degree promotions of a detrimental drug
- Two counts second-degree commercial promotion of marijuana
- Drug paraphernalia
- No motor vehicle insurance
- Driving without license
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