Thursday, September 13, 2012

RIALTO: $500.000 herion haul makks city record.. Press Enterprise By Richard Brooks


RIALTO: $500,000 heroin haul marks a city record

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Rialto police discovered two large suitcases containing $500,000 worth of heroine during a routine traffic stop. 
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Anti-street crime officers seized heroin worth $500,000 during a routine traffic stop in Rialto, marking that city's largest ever seizure of the drug, police officials say.
“The driver was a Mexican national who was driving on a suspended license,” Capt. Randy De Anda said of the lunchtime car stop along I-210 at Ayala Avenue.
Officers searched the car and found two large suitcases that attracted the attention of a narcotics dog and yielded 12.4 pounds heroin, De Anda said.
The driver’s name has not been released. Investigators haven‘t determined the source of the heroin or its intended destination, De Anda said.
Street Crime Attack Team officers focused on the car solely because of traffic violations and pulled it over after the driver – the car’s sole occupant – entered the freeway’s carpool lane, De Anda said.