ESCONDIDO : Weapons Seized in Record Drug Raid
Four men were arrested and 31 pounds of uncut methamphetamine, $16,000 in cash and weapons were seized by the San Diego Integrated Narcotics Task Force in the largest seizure in the agency’s history.
Arrested Tuesday night were: Joaquin Castaneda Loera, 29, of Escondido; Hilario Solorio Hernandez, 35, of San Marcos; Manuel Guerra Gamboa, 38, of Oceanside, and Juan Luis Carlos Rios, 23, also of Oceanside.
Solorio and Castaneda were arrested during a meeting Tuesday near Lake Hodges in Escondido, authorities said.
Assistant U.S. Atty. Shane Harrigan said all four face detention hearings next Wednesday. They were being held in the Metropolitan Correctional Center on charges of conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute. They face potential sentences of 30 years to life in prison.
Authorities estimated that the drugs seized would have sold for $1.3 million on the street.
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