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More than 133 pounds of meth seized in operation

On Sept. 17, Mariano Gomez Padilla, 28, Eduardo Garcia Lopez, 21, and Abel Martinez Valenzuela, 25, all Mexican nationals living in Arizona, were charged by federal criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.

According to the complaint, on Sept. 17, Drug Enforcement Administration East Valley Drug Enforcement Task Force agents established surveillance at an apartment complex in Glendale, in anticipation of an expected methamphetamine drug purcha

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