NewsCalifornia News

Actions

Arrests, seizures target Sinaloa drugs destined for Virginia

Arrest generic
Posted
and last updated

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Local and federal officials say they've dismantled a trafficking network that ferried drugs from the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico through California to multiple drug-dealing organizations around the nation’s capital.

The investigation began in 2017 with a Loudoun County, Virginia, sheriff's deputy assigned to a Drug Enforcement Administration task force. It eventually stretched to seven states and resulted in more than 30 arrests, the seizure of more than 100 firearms; $6 million in cash, jewelry and other valuables; 473 pounds of methamphetamine; 42 kilograms of fentanyl; and 129 kilograms of cocaine.

One specific seizure in Loudoun County was the largest in its history.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Sunday

04/26/2026

AM Clouds/PM Sun

68° / 51°

8%

Monday

04/27/2026

AM Clouds/PM Sun

69° / 48°

8%

Tuesday

04/28/2026

Mostly Sunny

77° / 54°

2%

Wednesday

04/29/2026

Partly Cloudy

79° / 57°

1%

Thursday

04/30/2026

Mostly Sunny

84° / 58°

4%

Friday

05/01/2026

Sunny

88° / 60°

0%

Saturday

05/02/2026

Partly Cloudy

88° / 58°

1%

Sunday

05/03/2026

Partly Cloudy

82° / 56°

3%