Drug trafficking

30 indicted in alleged international drug-trafficking ring in U.S., Mexico and Canada

Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 30 people have been indicted in connection with a conspiracy to send hundreds of pounds of drugs from Mexico through Southern California and into Canada.

At least 13 of the suspects have already been arrested on narcotics-related charges in the scheme, which the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said involved international drug trafficking organizations moving bulk quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin.

Law enforcement agencies seized around 944 pounds of cocaine, nearly 20 pounds of heroin, almost 103 pounds of methamphetamine and a little over 106 pounds of MDMA, as well as around $811,000 in Canadian currency, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

The scheme also included members of Canadian, Mexican, Serbian, Chinese and Sudanese organized crime groups, prosecutors said.