Heroin Trafficker Arrested In Arcata

ARCATA, Ca. (KIEM) – A heroin trafficker is arrested in Arcata after a traffic stop on the 11-hundred block of Chester Court.

57 year old Aaron “Doc” Nelson is on probation for felonies and on Thursday afternoon around 2:45, agents with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force and the Arcata Police Department found a taser in his vehicle.

The officers proceeded to search nelson’s residence where 2.5 pounds of heroin was found packaged for sale, along with a sawed-off shotgun, digital scales, packaging materials, and other items indicating drug trafficking.

Nelson was arrested and booked into jail on narcotics and weapons violations.

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