Sheriff’s office arrests 3, seizes fentanyl and guns in Los Chavez
Deputies served a warrant on Peyton Road in Los Chavez and arrested three people after a months-long drug probe. They seized fentanyl, meth, Xanax, guns and cash.
Deputies executed a search warrant on the 500 block of Peyton Road in Los Chavez on the morning of July 22 after a months-long counter-narcotics investigation, and the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office said the case led to arrests and seizures tied to drug trafficking.
KOB identified the three people arrested as Stacy Cruz, Juan Gutierrez and Brannon Holley. In the search, deputies found powdered fentanyl, meth, Xanax and guns, and a related sheriff’s office update indicated cash was also seized. The public update did not include the specific charges, a court date or a complaint number.
The warrant execution put a county drug case in the middle of a residential area that many Valencia County readers will recognize immediately. In Los Chavez, and in nearby Los Lunas and Belen, sheriff’s office operations involving fentanyl and firearms draw close attention because they can affect neighborhood safety, traffic around the scene and concerns about drugs moving through the county.
The Valencia County Sheriff’s Office is the county’s primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas, and its official description says deputies handle criminal investigations, emergency response and community engagement. This case fit that broader role: a search warrant, a long-running narcotics probe and seizures that suggest investigators were looking beyond simple possession and into possible distribution activity.
The sheriff’s office has previously highlighted the danger of fentanyl and guns in home settings. In a separate Valencia County drug-trafficking case in September 2025, deputies said they found fentanyl, meth and guns in a house, underscoring why these seizures are treated as public-safety matters across the county.
For Peyton Road and the surrounding Los Chavez area, the immediate significance is that deputies used a months-long investigation to reach a residential address and leave with drugs, weapons and cash. The sheriff’s office has not said whether any continuing danger remains in the neighborhood, but the arrests and seizures show a case that reached well beyond a routine stop.
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