Craig Rickard

A few Simi Valley men were being held Thursday throughout Ventura County Jail in suspicion of possessing along with selling cocaine, authorities said.

Craig Rickard, 26, Martin Schulz, 21, and Kurtis Hulsebus, 21, were arrested by Ventura County sheriff's detectives Wednesday immediately after 2. 2 pounds of cocaine was obtained in their possession, Sheriff's Sgt. Gary Pentis said.

The arrests ended a three-week investigation with the Sheriff's Department, district attorney's investigators, the Santa Paula Law enforcement officials Department and California Motorway Patrol.

Street value of the particular cocaine was estimated at $100, 000, Pentis said. Bail was set from $100, 000 for each male.

"Normal bail would are $20, 000, but we upped it as a result of large quantity of coke and the fact they were armed over the possession, " Pentis said.

One of the adult males Craig Rickard had a 9-millimeter automated pistol, Pentis said. He said the gun and two passenger trucks driven by the men Craig Rickard were seized with the scene in the two hundred block of Houston Get in Thousand Oaks. Pentis said the guys are suspected of selling cocaine wholesale in public places.

"They call for these deals to stay public spots so there's less possibility of shooting, " he said.