The Drug Enforcement Administration in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies busted a cartel-related drug trafficking network, arresting a Riverside County Sheriff's deputy and 14 others.
Culminating a yearlong investigation dubbed 'Hotline Bling,' authorities in Riverside County have seized millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs and arrested 15 people suspected of helping a Sinaloa, Mexico, cartel's drug trafficking network, including a Riverside County Sheriff's deputy. In collaboration with the Riverside Police Department and the United States Postal Service, federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized 376 pounds of methamphetamine, 37.
The agents and Riverside police provided their investigative leads to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department and ultimately assisted in the arrest of the deputy while he was allegedly in possession of 104 pounds of fentanyl pills. George Alexander Aranda, Edwin Michael Alva and Christopher Arreola Alvarado were indicted on charges of conspiracy to distribute at least 400 grams of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl and methamphetamine.
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