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Guns and drugs seized from Alamo home
Posted: 12.09.2011 at 1:15 PM
Katie Lopez

Katie Lopez is a reporter for Action 4 News.

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San Juan Police are still working to solve a weekend murder.

Efren Escamilla, Junior, 37, was shot multiple times and killed at a home on West 13th street on Sunday.

The search for the gunman lead police to a home located on the 800 block of Pecan in Alamo Thursday afternoon.

According to reports, San Juan’s Special Investigation Unit and Alamo Police noticed corner cut plastic baggies that contained cocaine on the ground.

Police executed a warrant on the home seizing 242.7 grams of crack cocaine and cocaine behind an A/C furnace, roche pills, three handguns, cash and stolen items.

Jorge Rodriguez, Noe Lopez, 34, and Humbero Javier Leal, 31, were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute.

Rodriguez also facing charges for possession of roche pills the report stated.

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