Two Eureka residents arrested for narcotics sales

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EUREKA, Ca. (KIEM) – A suspected Eureka narcotics sales operation is busted.

38-year-old Mathew Taylor Sigler, and 39-year-old Kelly Marie Sigler are behind bars, after Humboldt County Drug Task Force agents served a search warrant at a home on the 900 block of Dowler Drive in Eureka on Tuesday at about 11:30AM.

Officers found 17 grams of suspected heroin, along with $4,000 cash.

Read the full release from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force:

On September 11, 2018, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Special Agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force served a search warrant at a residence located in the 900 block of Dowler Drive, Eureka. Agents previously received information that residents, Matthew Taylor Sigler (age 38) and Kelly Marie Sigler (age 39), were involved in a narcotics sales.

Upon arrival, agents detained both subjects without incident. Agents searched the residence and located 17 grams of suspected heroin which was individually packaged for sales. In addition, agents located digital scales, drug paraphernalia, and other packaging material. Agents also seized approximately $4,000 in U.S. currency that is believed to be the proceeds of illegal narcotics sales. This currency will be held pending asset forfeiture proceedings.

Matthew Sigler and Kelly Sigler were subsequently transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility where they were booked for possession of a controlled substance for sales.

Anyone with information related to this investigation or other narcotics related crimes are encouraged to call the Humboldt County Drug Task Force at 707-444-8095 or the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Tip Line at 707-268-2539.