LAKEPORT, Calif. – Proactive enforcement efforts by the Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Detail have resulted in two arrests and the seizure of methamphetamine.

Arrested were Raymond Carl Mills, 49, of Nice, and Vince Edward Mussat, 31, who deputies had sought during a search warrant service earlier this week, according to Capt. James Bauman of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

On Thursday, June 23, at approximately 7:30 p.m., a sheriff’s deputy assigned to the Special Enforcement Detail stopped a 1998 Ford van on S. Main Street near Armstrong Street in Lakeport for displaying false registration tabs, Bauman said.

The driver, later identified as Mills of Nice, was determined to be on searchable probation and his driver’s license was suspended. Bauman said one of the passengers was Mussat of Lakeport, was also on formal probation for a prior narcotics conviction.

He said both men are alleged to have displayed symptoms of being under the influence of a controlled substance and were detained.

The van was searched pursuant to both men’s probation terms. During that search, a baggie of methamphetamine was found tucked between two seat cushions in the back of the van where Mussat had been seated, Bauman said. After conducting tests on both men, they were arrested for being under the influence of a controlled ssubstance.

Mills and Mussat were both transported to the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility for booking, Bauman reported.

He said Mills was charged with being under the influence of a controlled substance, driving on a suspended license, and displaying false registration tabs on the van. Mussat was charged with possession of a controlled substance and being under the influence of a controlled substance.

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