A suburban man faces federal drug trafficking charges after DEA agents seized about 99 pounds of cocaine that prosecutors say was stored and distributed out of a Chicago produce warehouse.
According to a federal complaint filed this week, agents have been investigating a drug trafficking and money laundering operation tied to a produce warehouse in the 2400 block of South Damen Avenue, where law enforcement officers have seized “multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine” typically stored inside white cardboard boxes labeled “Chile Type.”
The complaint said the boxes contained one-kilogram bricks of cocaine marked with agricultural equipment logos, including John Deere branding…