3 Colombians Charged in Seizure of Cocaine
Three Colombians were charged Monday with conspiracy and narcotics possession in the seizure of more than 600 pounds of cocaine valued at $106 million found buried beneath laundry soap in barrels being unloaded from a truck, prosecutors said.
Javier Ospina, 27; Diego Ocampo Lopez, 33, and Horacio Aceves, 35, were charged by the district attorney’s office with one count each of conspiracy, possession of cocaine for sale and transportation of cocaine. Prosecutors said they would seek bail of $5 million each.
The defendants were arrested Aug. 23 after Los Angeles and South Gate police, who had two of the suspects under surveillance, watched them meet the third defendant at an apartment on Alvarado Street, Deputy Dist. Atty. Lonnie Felker said. The defendants got into a truck and tried to outrun the police, then began unloading drums outside an auto repair shop on Alvarado, Felker said.
Police, suspecting that the drums contained drugs, brought in drug-sniffing dogs.
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