Posted on 07/15/2011 6:57:35 AM PDT by markomalley
Ten illegal immigrants from Mexico were arrested on drug trafficking charges after federal and Las Vegas law enforcement officials seized 212 pounds of drugs worth an estimated street value of $5.7 million in the largest methamphetamine bust in Nevada history, authorities announced Thursday.
Police also seized $280,000 in cash, six guns and nine vehicles used for drug trafficking after searching nine residential properties in Las Vegas and Henderson on Tuesday.
Law enforcement officials heralded the record bust as a significant blow to Las Vegas' illegal underground that would be felt by every player, including drug bosses, small-time dealers and users hoping to score on the street. The raid yielded four pounds of heroin and 208 pounds of methamphetamine in varying stages of processing, from its liquid form to the crystal-like pieces sold on the street in small quantities for consumption.
"There will be a noticeable difference in the amount of drugs on our streets," said Las Vegas police spokesman Jacinto Rivera. In the previous record bust, Las Vegas officials seized 70 pounds of methamphetamine, he said.
In all, 11 men and women were arrested in this week's raid, including Mexican nationals Jorge Loza, 26; Armando Lara, 37; Sergio Vieyra-Medrano, 37; Oscar Cavadas, 26; Felix Roman, 27; Salvador Garibo, 27; Cecilia Salgado, 55; and Alejandro Gomez, 31. Mayra Torres, 28, of California was also arrested. One juvenile was not identified because of his age and the name of another suspect was withheld. They all face drug trafficking charges.
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Nine vehicles and just ten illegals? That can’t be right.
Did the cops sneak off the with other 4 pounds?
Anyone who purchases the products of the MSM are fools.
I’ll take ‘foreign criminals’ for $500...
In no way are these immigrants.
For gawd’s sake let them call their embassy. We don’t want the frickin UN down our backs on this.
Then execute them. Yeah like that has a chance of happening, no matter how many kids their drugs kill.
Let them call Obama , he will probably pardon them and invite them to the White House for Wagyu Steak.
An immigrant is someone who has moved into a country from another country with the intention to stay and live in the country they have entered. But the MSM wants to devalue the word and apply it to any person who crosses a border. According to these guys I was an "immigrant" into Canada this year when I went north on my canoe trip.
Mexicans who illegally come to America to sell methamphetamine are not “immigrants”. Morons.
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