METH RAIDS CONSIDERED 'SIGNIFICANT' FOUR SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN LATEST ROUND OF BUSTS.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE - Police arrested four suspected members of a major methamphetamine-trafficking ring in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , seizing $5 million worth of the drug in an ongoing operation that has already resulted in 20 arrests, police announced Monday. During raids Wednesday at homes in San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. and Granada Hills, police seized 60 pounds of methamphetamine - some of it buried three feet deep in a back yard - and four pounds of cocaine. They also confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. $270,000 in cash, a Hummer stretch limousine, a 1964 Chevy Impala impala, species of antelope, Aepyceros melampus, closely related to the gazelle and found in the savannah and bush country of E and S Africa. It is the antelope most commonly depicted in illustrations and in motion pictures. convertible and a speedboat. Genero ``Henry'' Rodriguez, 30, accused of being the ring leader; Jesus Chavez Frias, 29; Gabriela Navarro Jimenez, 29; and Cynthia Marquez, 21; were taken into custody on suspicion of narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. charges. ``We believe this is probably one of the largest - if not the largest - methamphetamine ring operating in the San Fernando Valley. Well, not anymore,'' Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said at a news conference. ``It's just tremendous. It's a significant organization with far-reaching ties.'' About 20 people have been apprehended since the investigation was launched last September by the Glendale Police Department, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was established in 1973 by President richard m. nixon as part of the Justice Department, thus uniting a number of federal drug agencies that had often worked at cross-purposes. and the Santa Barbara Regional Narcotic narcotic, any of a number of substances that have a depressant effect on the nervous system. The chief narcotic drugs are opium, its constituents morphine and codeine, and the morphine derivative heroin. See also drug addiction and drug abuse. Enforcement Team. ``It's definitely statewide, but it could be nationwide,'' Glendale police Sgt. Jack Meier said. ``We believe this organization is responsible for a lot of the distribution of methamphetamine here, in the San Fernando Valley and in Santa Barbara.'' Rodriguez was being held without bail on federal charges accusing him of distributing 52 kilograms of cocaine in Milwaukee. Frias was being held without bail in a Los Angeles jail. The two women were released, pending further investigation. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) A Hummer stretch limousine, confiscated in a drug bust, is being held for now by the Glendale Police Department. (2) Glendale police Sgt. Tom Lorenz displays drugs seized last week, along with photos of the four suspects arrested. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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