Los Angeles County and federal law enforcement officials executed a search warrant recovered more than 1,300 pounds of methamphetamine worth approximately $12.5 million during a search carried out last week, authorities said Monday.
According to the Los Angeles Port Police, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Group 48 and New York Field Division initiated a joint investigation in January into a drug-trafficking operation organized by the Sinaloa Cartel in Los Angeles.
In the months since, 20,000 fentanyl pills and 20 pounds of methamphetamine were seized through various operations tied to the investigation, officials said…