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Officials arrest 70 in major Arizona drug bust
http://news.yahoo.com/officials-arrest-70-major-arizona-drug-bust-001609052.html
October 30, 2011
REUTERS In Arizona authorities confiscated thousands of pounds of narcotics and arrested 70 druggies with ties to the State of Sinaloa in Mexico. The police, ICE and others busted the offenders in 3 different raids. They found drugs, money, weapons, ammunition, and bullet-proof vests in a "sophisticated network." It was one of the largest busts in America. The drug cartel smuggled drugs from Mexico by car, air and foot and tunnels. This is a billion-dollar drug trade organization linked to the cartel."
The drug cartel is home to big marijuana and opium poppy plantations and considered the cradle of Mexican narcotics trafficking since the 1960s. The cartel is believed to control 65% of the drugs delivered to America.
Further details of the operation will be released at a press conference at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration field office in Phoenix on Monday. The official said the operation will shed light on elaborate drug smuggling into the United States and said the contraband confiscated in the raids was "jaw-dropping."
Reporting by Eric Johnson in Chicago; Additional reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky in Washington; Editing by Eric Walsh
http://news.yahoo.com/officials-arrest-70-major-arizona-drug-bust-001609052.html
October 30, 2011
REUTERS In Arizona authorities confiscated thousands of pounds of narcotics and arrested 70 druggies with ties to the State of Sinaloa in Mexico. The police, ICE and others busted the offenders in 3 different raids. They found drugs, money, weapons, ammunition, and bullet-proof vests in a "sophisticated network." It was one of the largest busts in America. The drug cartel smuggled drugs from Mexico by car, air and foot and tunnels. This is a billion-dollar drug trade organization linked to the cartel."
The drug cartel is home to big marijuana and opium poppy plantations and considered the cradle of Mexican narcotics trafficking since the 1960s. The cartel is believed to control 65% of the drugs delivered to America.
Further details of the operation will be released at a press conference at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration field office in Phoenix on Monday. The official said the operation will shed light on elaborate drug smuggling into the United States and said the contraband confiscated in the raids was "jaw-dropping."
Reporting by Eric Johnson in Chicago; Additional reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky in Washington; Editing by Eric Walsh