4 Men Arrested in Raid Indicted on Drug Charges
Four men arrested in a raid that netted $17.8 million in drug profits--the largest such money seizure in the West--have been indicted on narcotics charges, prosecutors said.
In addition to cash and money-counting machines, prosecutors said authorities seized ledgers in the July 24 raid in Sylmar that could shed light on how the drug network operated.
However, Assistant U.S. Atty. Stephen Wolfe said investigators were still reviewing the ledgers and he could not comment on any links the suspects might have to major drug cartels.
Two Colombians, Gilberto Saavedra, 41, and his brother, Carlos, 31, allegedly ran the money-laundering operation, Wolfe said. They bought the house less than two months before the raid.
Jesus David Salazar, 25, and Gabriel Olguin Gaviria, 37, were also named in the indictment, returned this week. They allegedly were employed as money couriers and guards in the operation.
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