SOQUEL - A 25-year-old Capitola man was arrested Sunday after deputies found 12.75 grams of methamphetamine, packaging materials and burglary tools in the blue BMW he was driving, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies stopped the 1998 BMW driven by Steven Michael Romero near 41st Avenue and Gross Road about 6:30 p.m after recognizing him as a person on probation with a search clause, deputy April Skalland said.

He also was wanted because deputies found drugs at his home during a probation search when Romero was not there, Skalland said.

Romero had a slim jim and other tools used to break into cars, she said.

He was arrested on suspicion of several drug charges, including possession for sales, possession of burglary tools and violating probation, records show.

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