SAN DIEGO DRUG TRAFFICKING SWEEP NETS 44 ARREST
A cross-border drug smuggling ring, which afforded its leaders expensive homes in Acapulco, has been brought down.
The San Diego Distict Attorney's office has announced the results of a six month investigation dubbed "Trapped Under ICE."
It took place throughout the Southbay, involving local and federal authorities, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"We went after some major players," explained District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis. "High level traffickers who were funneling drugs into this county and then using their profits to build expensive homes in Acapulco."
"When you have an operation that can bring 30 pounds of methamphetamine across the border as well as huge amounts of heroin, also cocaine and five hundred thousand dollars taken off of them, that's no Mom and Pop operation," said Frank Marwood, the assistant special agent in charge for ICE.
In all, 44 people were arrested with the leaders of the group facing 10 to 12 years in prison.
Several pounds of drugs were seized along with $510 thousand in cash.
And those expensive homes in Acapulco allegedly bought with the drug money? Authorities say those will likely be seized by the Mexican government.
