Prosecutors allege the long-running drug-trafficking ring sold heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine across Los Angeles County.
Law enforcement officers arrested 11 people Wednesday that prosecutors allege were part of a long-running drug trafficking ring that sold heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine across Los Angeles County.
Wednesday’s arrests included two of the organization’s alleged ringleaders: Gabriel Ortega, a 42-year-old Lynwood resident known to the group as “Nightowl,” and Raul Sanchez, or “Rawlo,” 39, of Alhambra. Frequently speaking over the phone in code, group members moved drugs and money across the county, including from locations in Agoura Hills, Alhambra, Monterey Park, El Monte, Paramount and Southgate, authorities said.
When one of the group members, Stephen Patino, was arrested on Jan. 12, 2018 in San Diego, authorities said he had about $65,000 in drug money in the dashboard of the truck he was driving. Law enforcement seized the money. Patino later called Sanchez and told him, “They took everything,” according to court records.In addition to the conspiracy charge, Ortega and Sanchez face charges of knowingly and intentionally possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances.
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