Undercover Officers Spot 7-Eleven Clerk Selling Drugs, Police Say

SANTA CRUZ, CA — Undercover police officers spotted a 7-Eleven clerk selling drugs in the parking lot of the Mission Street store, Santa Cruz Police Chief Andrew Mills said.

Mills said on Twitter that the officers were patrolling overnight Thursday as part of their burglary suppression duties when they saw Jacob Nicholson participating in a hand-to-hand drug transaction in the parking lot. Officers and K-9 Ryder apparently found drugs and cash on his person, photos posted by Mills show.

Nicholson was on probation, Mills said.

While you slept. Undercover @SantaCruzPolice Ofc’s on burglary suppression noticed unusual activity @711 on Mission. They saw the clerk doing hand to hand dope transactions in the parking lot. They arrested Jacob Nicholson who is on probation. @K9 Ryder helped. pic.twitter.com/LCloIrjBVj
— Andrew Mills (@ChiefAndyMills) May 15, 2020