They purportedly shipped vegetables into California from Mexico. But this trucking company was secretly moving tons of meth, feds say

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The group was reportedly hiding large shipments of drugs in semi-trucks and crossing the border to awaiting labs and safe houses sprinkled throughout California.

SACRAMENTO — A recently unsealed indictment has revealed allegations that a trucking company was secretly operating a statewide network that has thus far led to the seizure of nearly 13,000 pounds of methamphetamine and dozens of guns.

Federal prosecutors filed court papers describing the organization as “sophisticated” and in operation “for well over a year.” It gave “the appearance of being a legitimate transportation business,” they wrote.

 

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