Two Los Angeles County residents were among the five people who were arrested this week for their alleged part in a bicoastal drug trafficking ring, federal prosecutors said.

The suspects, 30-year-old Nohely Jimenez-Ruiz and 42-year-old Lorna Martinez, both of downtown Los Angeles, were expected to appear in court for arraignment on Wednesday after they were arrested on Tuesday, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

A suitcase filled with cash that investigators seized as part of their nationwide operation. U.S. Department of Justice

Prosecutors said that Jimenez-Ruiz and Martinez, who is also known as "Cookie," were arrested on a 10-count federal superseding indictment that alleged their participation in a multi-million-dollar drug trafficking organization

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