Napa Police: Benicia Man Arrested for Selling Drugs to Undercover Officer

Napa police arrested a Benicia man this week on suspicion of drug sales after he allegedly sold Oxycodone pills to an undercover officer.

Police first contacted Craig Compton, 35, earlier this month after learning that he was reportedly selling Oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription painkiller, police said.

Compton allegedly sold an undercover detective five 30 milligram Oxycodone pills in that initial encounter in American Canyon.

On Tuesday, Compton allegedly sold another 10 Oxycodone pills to the undercover agent in the 7000 block of American Canyon. Detectives arrested Compton, and then conducted a search of his apartment in the 900 block of Southampton Road in Benicia.

Items located in the search included prescription medications, methamphetamines, packing materials, a digital scale, a shotgun and a pistol with a high-capacity magazine, police said.

Compton was arrested on suspicion of drug sales, but additional charges are expected, police said.

--Bay City News; Image via Patch Archive