By Gary Meyer, TME

A Pine Mountain Club man with a business in Oxnard was arrested on Monday, March 7, by Oxnard Police Department for allegedly trafficking narcotics.

Sergeant Brandon Ordelheide of the Oxnard Police Depart-ment reports that Ignacio Castillo’s auto repair business, Ari’s Garage, had been under investigation for several months by the Ventura County Money Laundering Task Force and the South District Neighborhood Policing Team for suspected drug trafficking.

Castillo, also known locally by the nickname “Nacho,” began operating a PMC location of his business several years ago, which he promoted as Ari’s Garage Mobile Mechanic.

Investigators developed probable cause to obtain search warrants for the Oxnard and PMC locations.

Ordelheide said Castillo was detained under the terms of the search warrant on March 7 in Oxnard after he left the Ari’s Garage location there. He was arrested shortly after when…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Evidence seized after Ignacio “Nacho” Castillo was taken into custody.

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