Simi Police Seize $94-Million Cache
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Police in Simi Valley announced Friday the largest seizure of cocaine ever by law enforcement officers from Ventura County--2,068 pounds with an estimated street value of $94 million.
The drug seizure and the arrests of five Colombian nationals, however, were all made in neighboring Los Angeles County.
At 2:30 p.m Thursday, officers stopped a car under surveillance on the Golden State Freeway in Newhall and found 277 pounds of the drug inside, Simi Valley Police Chief Paul Miller said. They arrested the driver, Angelo Alviro, 41, Miller said.
Later, at a Chatsworth house, investigators found 1,791 pounds of cocaine in a parked van and arrested Roceo Campo, 26, Miller said.
At a house in the 25000 block of Wintergreen Court in Newhall, no drugs were found but three people were arrested. They were identified as Efraim Belalclzar, 38, and Derly De La Cruz, 27, both of Newhall, and Francisco Altoreilo, 28, who lives in Sepulveda.
All five were being held on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance.
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