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A few Simi Valley men were being held Thursday inside Ventura County Jail upon suspicion of possessing and also selling cocaine, authorities said.

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

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

Street value of the cocaine was estimated in $100, 000, Pentis said. Bail was set in $100, 000 for each guy.

"Normal bail would have been $20, 000, but we upped it due to large quantity of coke and the belief that they were armed through the possession, " Pentis said.

One of the guys Craig Rickard had a 9-millimeter intelligent pistol, Pentis said. He said the gun and two pickup trucks driven by the men Craig Rickard were seized with the scene in the 2 hundred block of Houston Get in Thousand Oaks. Pentis said the guys are suspected of selling cocaine wholesale in public areas.

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