AN ARIZONA MAN ARRESTED LAST WEEK AFTER POLICE IN ALBUQUERQUE FOUND 14 POUNDS OF METH IN THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR IS FREE TO GO HOME. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE WANTED 33 YEAR OLD GARBIEL FIGUEROA PLACED IN PREVENTIVE DETENTION BUT BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT CHIEF JUDGE NAN NASH DENIED THE REQUEST AND PLACED FIGUEROA ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF COURT SUPERVISION, ALLOWING HIM TO RETURN TO ARIZONA.
HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. HE WAS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE FOLLOWED HIM TO AN ALBUQUERQUE MOTEL AFTER HE WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN A DRUG DEAL.
