Staff Report
KYLE -- Following a routine traffic stop at approximately 4:15 p.m. Saturday, July 12 along IH-35, the Kyle Police Deparmtnet arrested a Houston gang member, three other individuals and seized multiple illegal substances.
At approximately 4:15 p.m. July 12, KPD officers responded to reports of a vehicle driving recklessly on IH-35. The driver was identified as 19-year-old Christopher Isaiah Cavazos of Houston, who is a documented member of the 10K gang, a known criminal street gang, according to a KPD news release. Further investigation revealed distributable quantities of narcotics along with guns in the vehicle and evidence suggested that the drugs were enroute to a party in the area that evening, the release continued.
Cavazos was arrested and charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana.
Three passengers in the vehicle were also arrested and now face similar charges. Volivar Esteban Benitez, 22, and Jarrell Alejandro Castillo, 21, were each charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and unlawful carrying of a weapon. Santiago Javier Castillo,17, was charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana.
“This arrest reflects the department’s ongoing commitment to proactive policing and keeping illegal substances off our streets,” said KPD Chief Jeff Barnett. “By intercepting this quantity of drugs, we are helping prevent them from being distributed locally or ending up in the hands of our youth.”
