The Brief
- Two men are facing federal indictments for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine after police recovered nearly 900 pounds of it.
- Court documents say undercover police tracked the two after a controlled buy and arrested them in Minneapolis.
- The bust was one of the largest meth seizures in Minnesota history.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Federal prosecutors have indicted two men in connection with one of the largest methamphetamine busts in the history of Minnesota.
Joel Casas-Santiago, 46, and Guillermo Mercado-Charparro, 44, are charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
Mercado-Charparro is also charged with illegal reentry by a removed alien. Investigators say neither of the men have any ties to the Twin Cities area and are associated with larger drug-sales organizations in Mexico, according to the criminal complaint. …