Authorities announced the dismantling of a sprawling drug trafficking network linked to Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, resulting in the seizure of enough fentanyl to kill 21 million people, more than 100 illegal firearms and $5.4million in cash.
The large-scale bust was the culmination of a three-year investigation by the feds and Virginia officials, codenamed 'Operation Angels Envy,' which began in 2017.
The probe focused on a network that ferried drugs from the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico through California to seven drug dealing organizations around the nation's capital.
Operation Angels Envy eventually stretched to seven states and resulted in 33 arrests, the confiscation of 114 guns, including assault-style rifles; $6million in cash, jewelry and vehicles; 473 pounds of methamphetamine; 42 kilograms of fentanyl; and 129 kilograms of cocaine.
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