A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officer and a suspected drug trafficker have been charged in connection with an alleged scheme to smuggle cocaine into Los Angeles County, prosecutors announced Friday.
Authorities said 20 kilograms of cocaine were discovered at a stash house in Rowland Heights as part of the investigation.
“It is reprehensible that a state corrections officer can be seduced by greed and manipulated by others to commit such crimes that endanger the public,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said in a statement. “We have someone who is accused of betraying the badge and the oath he swore to uphold working hand-in-hand with a suspected drug trafficker who is part of a criminal enterprise. Corruption will be prosecuted – no matter where we find it.”
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Jose Luis Aldahir Rocha Luque, 27, and Jesus Reyes, 45, were each charged with one felony count of conspiracy to sell a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance for sale and transportation of a controlled substance from one county to another, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office…