3 Arrested In North County Drug Investigation

FALLBROOK, CA — Three people were in custody Thursday in an ongoing drug investigation in northern San Diego County, authorities said.

Deputies with the Fallbrook Sheriff's Substation Crime Suppression Team developed information about a house that was possibly involved in selling drugs, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

"Through the Crime Suppression Team's investigation, enough evidence for a search warrant was obtained," Deputy Michael Estes said.

Deputies served the search warrant shortly before 6 a.m. Wednesday at a house in the 2700 block of Los Alisos Drive. Estes said authorities seized the following items from the home: two ghost guns, one 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun, one handgun, more than 1,300 rounds of ammunition, handgun magazines, drug paraphernalia, and more than five pounds of marijuana, heroin, methamphetamines and fentanyl.

Ethan Altshul, 30, Ryan Furr, 38, and Cole Nixon, 33, were booked into the Vista Detention Facility on suspicion of possessing drugs for sales, being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and prohibited person in possession of ammunition, Estes said.