By Natalia Mittelstadt | Just the News
Of those indicted, 11 have been arrested, while four others remain at large.
Fifteen people have been indicted in Colorado after roughly 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine was seized following a two-year investigation into a drug trafficking organization from Mexico operating in the state, according to federal officials.
Of those indicted, 11 have been arrested, but four others, including the organization’s alleged leader, are still free and believed to be in Mexico, according to the Colorado U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Associated Press reported.
Drug Enforcement Administration special agent in charge Dave Olesky said in a Wednesday news conference that the investigation revealed ties “to elements in Mexico involving the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels.”
The seized methamphetamine amounted to millions of individual doses, according to an arrest affidavit.
Most of the 1,115 pounds of methamphetamine was discovered hidden in the corners of boxes of pear squash that were imported from Mexico and found on a property in the Denver suburb of Lakewood in April, per the affidavit.
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