“Illegal activity, such as unlicensed after-hours parties, creates a nuisance and unsafe environment for communities and those in attendance. Undercover work can be dangerous and we appreciate the efforts of California ABC agents and their local law enforcement partners to keep us safe.”
CSLEA President Alan Barcelona
ANAHEIM – On July 12, 2025, California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents arrested two people on suspicion of felony offenses and seized a variety of suspected illegal narcotics and an illegal firearm following an investigation into unlicensed after-hours rave parties in the cities of Garden Grove and Anaheim.
ABC and the Anaheim Police Department served a search warrant at the unlicensed location located at 1773 W. Lincoln Ave. in Anaheim and arrested a female suspect on suspicion of narcotic sales and a male suspect on suspicion of unlawfully carrying a loaded and unregistered firearm.
The search of the location yielded the following contraband:
• One unregistered handgun, three high-capacity magazines and 81 rounds of ammunitions
• 45 grams of suspected cocaine, individually packaged for sale
• 175 suspected ecstasy pills, most individually packaged for sale
• 37 grams of suspected methamphetamine, individually packaged for sale
• 870 pills of various suspected prescription narcotics (including Oxycodone, Xanax, Amphetamine)
• 642 grams of suspected psylocibin mushrooms
• Nine pounds of suspected marijuana
• 40 containers of suspected hash oils
• Two tanks of suspected nitrous oxide gas
• $632 in US currency
ABC’s investigation began in May 2025 after receiving a complaint of unlicensed sales and after-hours sales of alcohol happening at a commercial building in the city of Garden Grove. An undercover operation confirmed aspects of the complaint, including suspected illicit narcotics activity, after a female suspect working as a bartender allegedly sold a narcotic to an undercover agent.
Undercover agents later learned the events moved to Anaheim. In June 2025, ABC undercover agents visited the new location and purchased a suspected narcotic from the same female suspect and substantiated the unlicensed sale of alcohol violation at the new location. ABC obtained a search warrant for the location and the investigation concluded in July after searching the property and arresting the suspects.
