WC Police Assist in Arrest of Concord Father, Daughter Suspected in Meth Trafficking

State Justice Department agents, assisted by Walnut Creek police, arrested a Concord father and daughter at their home Thursday in connection with a month-long investigation into methamphetamine trafficking.

During a search of the home, which started at 7 a.m. Thursday, agents from the Central Contra Costa County Narcotic Enforcement Team found 133 grams of crystal methamphetamine, with a street value of $8,000, and 25 grams of marijuana packaged for sales, said CCCNET Commander Norm Wielsch in a press release. Agents also found 100 Oxycodone, Valium and Vicodin tablets, hashish, scales and packaging materials, and $18,100.00 in cash in the bedroom of the father, identified as Gregory Banks, 54.  

In the bedroom of his daughter, Amanda Banks, 24, agents seized three grams of methamphetamine.

Both father and daughter are unemployed, and agents arrested them on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine for sale. Both were booked into Contra Costa County Jail with bail set for each at $500,000.

Also present at the home on Kreuger Drive were two other adults and two children. Amanda Banks is the mother of two of those children. The children appeared to be well taken care of, and were released to the custody of their father, Wielsch said.  The other adults were released. 

With regard to the marijuana and prescription drug tablets, Wielsch said that neither possessed a valid prescription for these drugs nor a medical marijuana card. 

Wielsch also could not comment on the presence of the Walnut Creek police at the search, though he noted that CCCNET is comprised of narcotics officers from local police agencies. 

It is comprised of officers from Pleasant Hill,  Martinez,  San Ramon, Danville, Walnut Creek, Pittsburg, Clayton, Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol, the FBI, and the Contra Costa County Probation Department. It is managed by the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement.