CA-$10 million worth of black tar heroin seized in Anaheim
$10 million worth of black tar heroin seized in Anaheim
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
BY EUGENE W. FIELDS
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
ANAHEIM -- The state Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement seized an estimated $10 million worth of black tar heroin, which Attorney General Jerry Brown said was the largest in its history.
The heroin was seized Saturday in Anaheim when members of a multi-agency task force saw Gerardo Medina Hernandez unloading 95 pounds of the drug from two wheel wells of his sport utility vehicle, Scott Gerber of the state Attorney General's Office said.
Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement agents, Inglewood police and members of a multi-agency task force had obtained a search warrant for the sport utility vehicle and Hernandez's home in the 1700 block of West Lincoln Avenue.
Hernandez, 25, a native of Mexico with a green card, was booked at the Los Angeles County Jail on suspicion of possessing heroin for sale and being held in lieu of $2 million, Gerber said.
Agents saw Hernandez allegedly unloading the heroin from two compartments built into the front wheel wells of the 2005 Volkswagen sport utility vehicle and putting it into a cooler in his garage, Gerber said.
Hernandez has no known prior criminal record in California, Gerber said.
Orlando Lopez, senior special agent in charge of the bureau, said he did not know how long Hernandez was involved in alleged drug trafficking, but the fact he has no record is not unusual.
“People used by major drug traffickers, a lot don't have records,â€
