LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Five alleged members of an international drug trafficking ring based in the San Gabriel Valley were arrested Wednesday for allegedly shipping methamphetamine from Los Angeles County to Australia and New Zealand.
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A 27-count federal grand jury indictment charges the defendants with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute the drug. Two of the defendants also have been charged with maintaining premises where the methamphetamine was stored and packaged, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The following defendants are scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in federal court in Santa Ana:
— Yangqiang Chen, 45, of Monterey Park;
— Jie Chen, 40, of Rosemead;
— MeiMei Chen, 41, of Rosemead;
— Guorong He, 50 of Rosemead; and
— Yien He, 32, of Rosemead.
A sixth defendant, Zuxing Lin, 44, of Rosemead, is currently a fugitive, according to federal prosecutors. A seventh, Xingyun Chen, 54, is now in Louisiana in immigration custody.