On March 22, 2024, the Ventura County Fentanyl and Overdose Crimes Units (VC FOCUS) concluded a narcotics investigation with the arrest of Germain Shrauger for his participation in actively selling narcotics in the city of Oxnard.
Detectives developed information that Shrauger was selling a variety of narcotics from his vehicle in the area of 7th St Street and Hobson Way. Detectives conducted several days of surveillance and observed Shrauger conduct numerous suspected narcotics transactions. Based on these observations, detectives obtained a search warrant for Shrauger and his vehicle.
On March 22nd, detectives detained Shrauger in the area of Oxnard Community Park West and served the search warrant. During a search of his vehicle, detectives seized nearly 1lb. of fentanyl, over 1lb of methamphetamine and US Currency derived from drug sales.
Shrauger was arrested for felony charges of 11351 HS- Possession for Sales of a Controlled Substance, 11352 HS Sales of a Controlled Substance, 11378 HS- Possession for Sales of a Dangerous Drug, 11379 HS- Sales of a Dangerous Drug. He was booked into the Ventura County Pre-Trial Detention Facility and remains in custody in lieu of $200,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court on April 5th, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 11.
Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic. It is approximately one hundred times more potent than morphine and fifty times more potent than heroin. Unfortunately, it is highly addictive and extremely deadly when used in its illicit forms. As little as 2mg is considered to be a lethal dose of this dangerous substance. In this case alone, this seizure of fentanyl had the potential to yield 176,500 lethal doses.
VC FOCUS is a task force made up of Ventura County regional law enforcement agencies, the California Highway Patrol, and federal law enforcement partners. The primary mission of this partnership is to combat fentanyl related crimes and opioid overdoses by targeting the supply chain of individuals and criminal organizations responsible for the sales of these drugs into Ventura County. In addition, the task force works to identify new trends of abuse among the younger population and educate the community at large on the lethal danger of this epidemic.
VC FOCUS has partnered with Ventura County Behavioral Health as an active member of the County Overdose Awareness & Solutions Team (COAST) in a campaign to reduce overdoses and educate the public about the dangers of opioids and other drugs. Comprehensive information can be found at www.VenturaCountyResponds.org.
The public may contact investigators from the VC FOCUS at (805) 383-8700 or [email protected] with additional information about this case, or any other information related to narcotics.
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