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Police find drugs and money hidden in wall of child's room

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PHOENIX — Drugs and money were found hidden in the wall of a child's room in west Phoenix, according to police.

Mesa police said a drug investigation led them to the home of Viridiana Guadalupe Jacobo, 37, in west Phoenix near 67th Avenue and Osborn road. On September 20, police served a warrant and allegedly found a hidden cutout in the wall of Jacobo's daughter's room.

In the cutout, detectives reportedly found heroin, meth, fentanyl, an electronic scale, and packaging materials.

In total throughout the home, police say officers recovered one and a half pounds of heroin, one pound of meth, 1000 fentanyl pills, and $6,000.

Jacobo allegedly admitted that selling drugs is her full-time job, making $2,000 a week. She had just bought $10,000 worth of drugs the day before, according to court records.,

Jacobo has been charged with selling narcotics.