- A joint investigation by Los Angeles Port Police and DEA led to the seizure of $12.5 million worth of methamphetamine at a production site in a remote desert area of Los Angeles County.
A monthslong joint investigation into a Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficking organization recently led authorities to a methamphetamine production site where $12.5 million worth of the drug was seized.
Los Angeles Port Police said the joint investigation began in January 2026, led by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New York Field Division and the DEA’s Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Group 48, and involved multiple local law enforcement agencies.
Over the course of the next six months, investigators seized 20,000 fentanyl pills and 20 pounds of methamphetamine. A bigger break came when ground surveillance, electronic monitoring and aerial surveillance led investigators to a “clandestine” methamphetamine laboratory in a remote desert area of Los Angeles County…