Rancho Mirage man arrested with 4.8 lbs. marijuana, narcotics

Deputies pulled over a man in Palm Desert Tuesday afternoon and found marijuana and prescription pills.

According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, 20-year-old Calvin Campbell of Rancho Mirage was arrested after deputies initially found seven ounces of marijuana and prescription narcotics in his car during a traffic stop.

Their investigation led them to a house in the 100 block of Via Milano in Rancho Mirage where they seized 4.8 lbs. of marijuana, 95 narcotics pills, a shotgun and paraphernalia for drug sales.

Deputies estimate the street value of the drugs to be at $16,000.

Campbell was booked into the Riverside County Jail in Indio on charges of possession of marijuana and possession of narcotics with the intent to sell.