Drug Task Force Stops Eureka Man Returning from Bay Area with a Kilo of Cocaine
This is a press release from the Humboldt County Drug Task Force. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent unless proven guilty:
On May 4th, 2026, Humboldt County Drug Task Force (HCDTF) Agents observed Elsheleke Giddens travel from Humboldt County to the Bay Area. Upon Giddens’ return, Agents conducted a traffic stop on his vehicle. Giddens is on formal probation with a search and seizure clause for HS11351 (cocaine sales) from a previous HCDTF case.
Giddens was detained without incident and his vehicle was searched. Fortuna Police K9 Cain alerted to the rear of Giddens’ vehicle, indicating narcotics were inside. Agents searched the area and located a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of cocaine.
Giddens was transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility where he was booked on the following charges:
- HS11351 Possession of cocaine for sales
- HS11352 Transporting cocaine for sales
- HS11352(B) Transportation of a controlled substance (noncontiguous counties)
- PC1203.2 Violation of probation
Anyone with information related to this investigation or other narcotics related crimes is encouraged to call the Humboldt County Drug Task Force at 707-267-9976.
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Wow- driving around with a kilo while you have a search clause on your record?! That’s the stupidest thing I’ve heard all year…whoever owns that kilo is gonna be very angry if they didn’t know!
Stupid, alright. But I’ve seen dumber.
I’m always dumbfounded by the people who commit a crime and then pull over at a park-and-ride to take a nap.
Equally perplexing are the people who run from the cops and escape into the woods,
only to be caught a short time later still carrying a weapon or drugs.
Ooh yay fortuna pd did something! 2 serial killers living in fortuna, but they won’t be on coke. Those are the crappies police in humboldt.
Better have a fishing permit if you get checked by the crappies police!
Humboldt county, come on vacation, leave on probation.
(After a few years in jail)
i dont know what type of folks you’re hanging out with but remind me not to let you near the children
It’s an old Humboldt proverb.
Haha that’s a cliche that everyone from everywhere says, because it rhymes
yikes
troubled crowd you run with
lots of people have spent their entire lives in humboldt county without being prison and dope fodder
sad
Hmm… Kilo of Coke for Humboldt ?
Somebody’s got money.
I learned in college that not all coke is equal in quality.
Basically, what I learned was that if I could afford it, it wasn’t worth doing.
“lots of people have spent their entire lives in humboldt county without being prison and dope fodder”
Their longevity on the other hand…
Living here is to get accustomed to living in poverty, forgoing medical and dental services, being a recuuring victim of crime, having access to little in the way of municipal and social services, ad nauseum. It is anything but random that suicide and substance abuse in Humboldt County is among the highest in all of California.
You sound like a real fun guy! So positive. Have a better week.
Well done, HumCo Drug Task Force!! Thank you!
And now I’m left trying to rhyme Coming Into Los Angeles and a couple of keys with Humboldt County or Fortuna or whatever… to no freaking avail. Hats off to Arlo at any rate.
Try “Coming up to Fortunee, Carrying just one key….etc” Still won’t come close to Arlo’s…
Way to go, Humboldt County Drug Task Force! Great work by the cops and K9 Cain taking that kilo of poison off the streets. These scumbags importing death from the Bay Area (and ultimately from down south) deserve the absolute harshest sentences—maximum time, no excuses. They’re poisoning our kids and turning Humboldt into another casualty of this garbage.
Of course the stuff is flowing up from LA and beyond. Thanks, open borders lunatics! Keep cheering for those wide-open southern borders while meth, cocaine, and fentanyl pour in like a free buffet for dealers. You “compassionate” liberals aren’t fooling anyone—it’s all about the cheap labor, the human trafficking pipeline, and keeping that cheap drug supply humming so your virtue-signaling never has to face reality.
Meanwhile, real communities like ours deal with the dead kids, the overdoses, and the crime. Props to the task force for actually doing something while the border clowns in DC and Sacramento pretend it’s all “migrants seeking a better life.” Lock ’em up and throw away the key.
A very sincere thank you to every officer keeping our streets safer. Humboldt supports you.
Hopefully the courts will lock this guy up and throw away the key for decades 😉
If it’s a repeat offender perhaps only solution is execution. The death of our kids from these drug dealing monsters deserves the harshest possible sentence
are these photos from your family reunion?