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Ginormous Drug Bust in L.A. Nets 160 Pounds of Meth: Alan Tamayo-Montoya Arrested

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psuedoplacebo
Generic meth poster.
Authorities today said they seized enough meth to keep every trailer park in America humming for at least a year.

Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Administration along with El Monte and Santa Monica police too 160 pounds of redneck crack off the streets in a massive operation last night.

The meth could be worth $6 million on the street, according to feds. The whole ring seemed to unravel after ...


... authorities stopped and questioned 25-year-old Alan Tamayo-Montoya, an alleged meth runner for the crew. Agents said he was arrested in the parking lot of a Van Nuys mall.

His bosses, we presume, aren't too happy with him right now.

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These tubs, allegedly, arent' for swimming.

Search warrants were served last night and - lo and behold -- the meth was found in what authorities described as "large-scale" meth labs in homes in Van Nuys and Pomona, according to ICE.

The stuff's so toxic, according to an ICE statement, that ...

... it took specially-trained officers with LA IMPACT's Clandestine Lab Team until late Thursday to dismantle both operations and remove any hazardous materials.

Claude Arnold, special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations in L.A:

Drug making operations like this are a major public safety menace. First, stockpiling volatile chemicals in residential areas is a disaster waiting to happen.

Our friend Tamayo was jailed in lieu of $2 million bond. He'll have to talk to a judge Monday regarding the allegation that he had meth for sale.

[@dennisjromero / djromero@laweekly.com / @LAWeeklyNews]


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JG
JG

"I have colored friends."

keithplocek
keithplocek

That Faces of Meth guy didn't look too great before either.

Dennis Romero
Dennis Romero

I know. It's like meth makes you grow a hipster beard.

Christopher Neal
Christopher Neal

OK, now that I look closely at that photo, there is no way that is a before and after. Look how bald the guy is in the before photo. His forehead stops at the top of his skull. In the after shot, he has a much lower hairline. Unless meth makes you grow hair...

Christopher Neal
Christopher Neal

Redneck crack, Dennis? Your racist agenda is showing as usual.

Dennis Romero
Dennis Romero

Aw. Come on. I'n jus kideen. Besides, by the looks of this and other recent busts, it looks like the Mexicans are taking over.

Christopher Neal
Christopher Neal

It seems nowadays you just write for you and your cousins. This ain't Ciudad. There is a readership here that goes beyond just mexicans. Perhaps the LA Weakly should publish only in espanol anymore. Personally I wonder where all of your recent race-baiting comes from. I'm a long-time reader of this rag and six months ago, you weren't writing that kind of crap. Hell, three months ago you weren't.

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