(Former Prison cook arrested)…31 year old Lance Medina was arrested Tuesday morning.

He was arrested on a warrant out of Los Angeles, obtained by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The warrant, issued last Friday, alleges conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute heroin and aiding and abetting. The warrant was served and the arrest made in El Centro. Medina, currently a truck driver, had been employed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and had worked as a cook at the Centinela State Prison near Seeley, The DEA suspects Medina as being a part of a drug trafficking conspiracy.