A Chicago man has been charged in federal court after Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized cocaine, guns, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from his Loop apartment and SUV during a 2022 surveillance operation. The newly filed criminal complaint does not reveal why authorities waited three years before charging the man.
On June 8, 2022, DEA agents conducting surveillance watched David Watson leave his downtown apartment building in the 100 block of North Garland Court and ride off in a maroon Jeep Cherokee driven by an unidentified woman, the complaint states. The SUV returned about 40 minutes later and parked next to a Porsche registered to Watson.
Both Watson and the woman were seen carrying weighted bags into the building, the complaint said. Later that afternoon, Watson allegedly returned alone to the Jeep, loaded items into the rear seat and cargo area, and drove off…