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12 indicted in drug, guns case

Six members and associates of the Varrio Posole Locos street gang and six other people have been indicted on charges of selling drugs and firearms here, federal prosecutors announced Friday.

Among other allegations, the defendants are charged with attempting to smuggle heroin into the county jail in Vista and Ironwood State Prison in Blythe.

During the investigation, agents confiscated 26 weapons and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition.

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