Three tons of marijuana, fifty pounds of meth and over two million dollars are just some of the items confiscated during a drug cartel bust in Arizona.
By Michael Martinez, CNN
(CNN) — Authorities in Tempe, Arizona, dismantled a drug trafficking cell associated with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, arresting 20 people and seizing three tons of marijuana, 30 pounds of methamphetamine and $2.4 million in cash, police said.
A six-month investigation by Tempe police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency also concluded with the seizure of an airplane, 10 vehicles and 14 firearms, police said Friday.
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The cartel delivered illegal drugs in Tempe and branched out to customers in New York, Alabama, California and other states, police said.
“This operation demonstrated a collaborative effort by state and federal law enforcement agencies,” Tempe Chief of Police Tom Ryff said in a statement.
The drug trafficking “stretched across the Mexico border and into Arizona and beyond,” said Doug Coleman, special agent in charge of the DEA’s Phoenix office.
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