4 males have been charged with federal drug trafficking after authorities seized a record-breaking 5,000 kilos of methamphetamine in southern California.

The U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned in a press launch that federal brokers noticed a 20-foot field truck cross into the US from Mexico by a San Diego space port of entry round 5 p.m. on Thursday night time.

Brokers then noticed a number of males unloading dozens of cardboard packing containers from the truck and transferring them right into a Dodge van in Nationwide Metropolis, California.

The lads have been then apprehended by brokers who found roughly 148 bundles of methamphetamine that weighed a complete of greater than 5,000 kilos, which the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace says is “believed to be one of many largest methamphetamine seizures in San Diego County.”

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“It is a important accomplishment by our legislation enforcement companions,” mentioned U.S. Lawyer Randy Grossman. “As a result of stellar work by legislation enforcement brokers, the federal government stopped greater than 5,000 kilos of methamphetamine from being distributed on our streets.”

The lads arrested have been recognized as Rafael Alzua, Mario Contreras, Ethgar Velazquez, and Galdrino Contreras.

The 4 males have been charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and face a compulsory minimal of ten years in jail and as much as life in jail together with a $10 million positive.

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“This monumental seizure represents one other win towards drug cartels that gas habit in the US,” mentioned DEA Particular Agent in Cost Shelly S. Howe. “Due to our nice partnerships with different legislation enforcement companies, we are going to proceed to disrupt the cartels’ move of medicine into our cities.”

A number of giant seizures of methamphetamine being trafficked into the US from Mexico have been reported over the previous few months together with a drug bust in Texas in Might that intercepted $18 million price of methamphetamine.

This week, a 27-year-old man in Yuma, Arizona was arrested after authorities found almost 100 kilos of methamphetamine in his truck throughout a visitors cease.