The distributors from California linked to the Sinaloa cartel once led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman were also suppliers to a drug crew in Dayton, Ohio, that was connected to the 2019 slaying of Dayton police Officer Jorge Del Rio, 55, who was shot while executing a search warrant as part of a Drug Enforcement Administration task force, said Jarod Forget, special agent in charge of the DEA s Washington Division.
One specific seizure in Loudoun County that included 50 kilograms of cocaine and $1.4 million in cash was the largest seizure in county history, Sheriff Mike Chapman said.
Seven drug dealing organizations operating in and around the nation s capital were dismantled as part of what agents dubbed Operation Angels Envy, officials said.
Cops bust Sinaloa cartel operation in DC: Officers seize enough fentanyl to kill 21 MILLION people, more than 100 illegal guns and $5.4M in cash
Three-year investigation, codenamed Operation Angels Envy, led to seizures of 473lbs of meth; 42 kilos of fentanyl; and 129 kilos of cocaine
Officials said they confiscated enough fentanyl to kill combined populations of Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC and nearby counties
Federal and local authorities also arrested 33 suspects, and seized 114 illegal guns and $6million in cash, jewelry and cars
Investigation focused on a trafficking network that ferried drugs from the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico through California to seven different drug dealing cells
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) A trafficking network that ferried drugs from the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico through California to multiple drug dealing organizations around the nation s capital has been dism
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