$4.5 Million in Drugs Seized; Two Arrested
From Times Staff Writers
Authorities arrested two San Gabriel Valley men in what one federal drug official said Tuesday was the largest seizure of crystal methamphetamine in the United States.
Joa Chun-Yin and Thai Tong Long face federal charges of intending to distribute 70 pounds of a methamphetamine product known as “ice.”
Jose Martinez, a spokesman for the federal Drug Enforcement Agency in Los Angeles, said the drugs had a wholesale value of $4.5 million with a street value perhaps three times that.
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