Two males have been arrested on Monday after regulation enforcement seized almost 900 kilos of suspected methamphetamine price roughly $1.7 million — in what authorities are calling “one of the largest meth busts in Minnesota history.”
“[Nine hundred pounds] of meth seized during two traffic stops in Minnesota yesterday, in a hit targeting drug trafficking rings you’ll hear about soon,” FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino wrote in a submit on X on Tuesday. “We’re finding them and crushing their operations. More to come. Thanks to our [U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration] partners for the coordination.”
Two males, 46-year-old Joel Casas-Santiago and 44-year-old Guillermo Mercado Chaparro, are dealing with prices for his or her alleged involvement within the crime, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul reported.
Final week, an undercover police officer reportedly bought meth from Chaparro, and authorities proceeded to safe a court docket order to trace his pickup truck, FOX 9 reported, citing the prison grievance.
On Monday, police noticed Chaparro put two baggage right into a Jeep parked close to his pickup truck. Casas-Santiago reportedly entered the Jeep, and the 2 males drove off of their separate autos.
Police later discovered and searched the Jeep, at which level they found 251 kilos of suspected methamphetamine.
Legislation enforcement then obtained a warrant for the pickup truck, the place they found a further 638 kilos of methamphetamine in addition to a drug ledger, in accordance with FOX 9.
Chaparro allegedly admitted to being concerned in drug trafficking, and investigators consider each males are linked to a bigger drug group that operates out of Mexico, FOX 9 reported.
Casas-Santiago has been charged with one depend of first-degree sale of meth inside a 90-day interval, whereas Chaparro is dealing with two counts of first-degree sale of meth inside a 90-day interval.
“… In Minneapolis, [Violent Crime Enforcement Teams] arrested two men and seized the massive drug load — possibly one of the largest meth busts in Minnesota history,” the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Workplace wrote in a Fb submit on Tuesday. “Both suspects have been charged with controlled substance crimes.”
Bongino additionally took to X earlier this week with statistics he says show the FBI’s heightened concentrate on violent crime and unlawful immigration “is working.”
Over the previous few months, the FBI has seized 22% extra illicit medication than in the identical interval final 12 months, together with greater than 97,000 kilos of cocaine, over 7,000 kilos of meth and greater than 2,500 kilos of fentanyl, he wrote.
The FBI and the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Workplace didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
