US: Sinaloa Cartel Cell Dismantled

After a six-month investigation, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Arizona has arrested 20 members of a group connected to the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel and working out of Tempe some 150 miles from the Mexican border. Police also seized three tons of marijuana, 30 pounds of methamphetamines, US$2.4 million in cash, an airplane, 10 vehicles and 14 guns. The arrests resulted from “Operation Nayarit Stampede,” authorities said Friday. The operation was aimed at an elaborate drug trafficking network that operated across the border between Mexico and Arizona.They said the Arizona group distributed drugs to Alabama, California, New York, and other states.