Staff report

A man described as a “confirmed gang member”  was one of two arrested earlier this month when authorities raided a Buda home where drugs were discovered. 

Jose Edward Villegas III, 19, and John Paul Arrellano, 22, were taken into custody by the Hays County Narcotics Task Force Sept. 4 in the 700 block of Rolling Hills. 

Seized were 36 grams of marijuana, 31.5 grams of cocaine, 26 tabs of LSD and $2,075 in cash. 

Villegas, who was identified as a known gang member, was ch...