Police find meth-filled cooler near child’s bed in Salinas home during search warrant

By Carlos E. Castañeda

Police executing a search warrant in a Salinas home found a cooler filled with methamphetamine near a child’s bed, among other drug and gun evidence, police said Wednesday.

The Salinas Police Department said in a social media post that its Violence Suppression Task Force served a search warrant at the home of 27-year-old Kevin Canales for illegal firearm and narcotics possession.

During the search, a K9 unit alerted officers to a foam cooler near a child’s bed, and inside officers found about five pounds of methamphetamine, police said.

The search also yielded a stolen shotgun, a privately-made “ghost gun” AR-style rifle, a .50 caliber hunting rifle, and 5.4 pounds of crack cocaine, police said.

Canales was booked at the Monterey County Jail on multiple firearm, narcotics-related, and child endangerment charges.