Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies, during the investigation of a clandestine meth lab, seized 50 pounds of methamphetamines, June 26. The drugs have an estimated street value worth $1.5 million dollars. Also seized was $25,000 in U.S. currency, a handgun, three vehicles, and one all-terrain vehicle from a west valley home.
Two suspects, Saul Zuniga-Leon and Alejandro Mendoza-Enriquez, were arrested, booked, and later were determined to be undocumented entrants.
The Maricopa County Drug Suppression Task Force received information from the Phoenix Police Department which led Sheriff’s deputies to the clandestine lab.
In the last several weeks, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says his deputies seized over two and a half tons of marijuana and have arrested 28 undocumented entrants for drug trafficking.
Both suspects were booked into the 4th Avenue Jail for possession of dangerous drugs for sale, possession of equipment or chemicals for the purpose of manufacturing a dangerous drug and possession of drug paraphernalia.