Man who refused to comply with shelter-in-place order was selling drugs, police say

Pictured: Wilmer Vargas-Arrazola following an October 2018 arrest for drug-related offenses.

A 20-year-old Oakland man who was warned about violating the shelter-in-place order and refused to comply was arrested later Saturday night by officers from the San Francisco police Tenderloin station for violating the order and possession of drugs for sale, police said.

Wilmer Vargas-Arrazola, 20, was taken into custody at Leavenworth and McAllister streets and charged with the shelter violation and possession of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl for sale. Police also seized $477 in cash.