Escondido, California – Federal agents arrested two San Diego County men earlier this month after a months-long investigation into what prosecutors say was a steady operation selling thousands of LSD tabs across the region. The charges cap nearly seven months of undercover work by the Drug Enforcement Administration — and reveal the kind of low-profile, highly mobile drug dealing that can thrive in suburban corridors.
Edward Kohda Rosa and Peter Tincknell were taken into custody on Nov. 13, according to a federal criminal complaint obtained by CBS 8. Investigators say the two men worked together to distribute large quantities of LSD, using restaurant meetups, personal vehicles and even a storage unit in San Marcos to move product.
The investigation began with a criminal informant who, in September, met Rosa at a restaurant in Escondido to purchase 1,000 tabs of LSD. Rosa, according to agents, hid the drugs inside a copy of The Art of War — a detail that struck investigators enough to include it in the complaint. It would be the first of two controlled buys…