K9 Ares with materials seized in a Wednesday traffic stop and arrest.
LCSO
Staff Report
Friday, January 23, 2026
Two men were arrested in Fernley with one-half pound of methamphetamine and 15 pounds of marijuana Wednesday, according to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office.
Pablo Castro-Zambrano, 32, of Sun Valley and Gabriel Vasquez, 32, of Reno were booked into the Lyon County Detention Center on nearly $100,000 bail each.
Wednesday at 2:22 p.m., LCSO personnel observed a silver-colored Chevrolet sedan near the 1400 block of Mountain Rose Drive in Fernley. The vehicle did not have a front license plate and the rear license plate was obstructed, according to a LCSO news release.
Deputies stopped the vehicle at the Out of Town Park. Vasquez, the driver, possessed a suspended Nevada driver’s license, the vehicle was uninsured and the obstructed license plate was fictitious, the release said.
A LCSO K-9 alerted to the odor of drugs coming from the vehicle and deputies located approximately ½ pound of methamphetamine, various items of drug paraphernalia and items used in the commission of drug sales; 26.3 grams of trazadone hydrochloride; and more than 15 pounds of marijuana, the release said. Vasquez had brass knuckles.
Each was booked into the Lyon County jail on the following charges:
Vasquez:
Trafficking schedule I controlled substance
Possession schedule I controlled substance for sale
Use/possession drug paraphernalia
Possession of a dangerous weapon
Possession of a dangerous drug without a prescription
Conspiracy to violate the Uniform Controlled Substance Act
Display bogus/fictitious vehicle registration
Drive on suspended driver’s license
Possession of marijuana more than one ounce
Bail: $99,395
Castro-Zambrano:
Trafficking schedule I controlled substance
Possession schedule I controlled substance for sale
Use/possession drug paraphernalia
Conspiracy to violate the Uniform Controlled Substance Act
Possession of marijuana more than one ounce
Bail: $93,640
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