OAKLAND, California (WJW) - A young spider monkey named Violeta is enjoying her new home at the Oakland Zoo after being rescued alongside rattlesnakes during a drug bust last month.

The investigation started when deputies with the Solano County Sheriff's Office stopped a vehicle in the city of Vallejo on May 6.

During the traffic stop, deputies confiscated half a pound of methamphetamine and arrested 50-year-old Clifford Vincenty, the department said on Facebook at the time.

Vincenty, a California man, was taken into custody and charged with possession of a controlled substance for sale.

The next day, law enforcement conducted a search at Vincenty's Vallejo home, where investigators reported finding another pound of meth, more than $2,000 in cash, a spider monkey and two rattlesnakes.

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