Inside the Cartel

    A load car on the move

    A DEA task force fol­lowed a load car from the U.S.-Mex­ico bor­der and handed over sur­veil­lance to a nar­cot­ics task force from River­side County. More than 14 of­ficers tracked the car over free­ways and sub­urb­an streets. After the drugs were de­livered, au­thor­it­ies des­cen­ded, seiz­ing 55 pounds of co­caine from a stash house and $50,000 from a hid­den com­part­ment in the car.

    — Richard Marosi
    Published: July 23, 2011
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