When the officer questioned the owner of the truck, Sabas Arizpe, he claimed to have stolen the stickers from another vehicle, police said, a misdemeanor offense.
As Arizpe was being taken into custody, he allegedly told the officer there were drugs in the truck. When the officer conducted a search, police said, he found baggies containing drug residue.
The Hermosa Beach Police Department shared pictures of the incident in a social media post. Images from body-camera video show an officer sorting through small plastic bags and a watermelon underneath a seat.
Ryan Walker, a public information officer for Hermosa Beach, said the city had received a number of complaints from businesses of street vendors 'operating illegally outside brick-and-mortar businesses.'
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