Overview
- Authorities announced indictments of nine defendants tied to a network that moved cocaine from Texas into Maryland using stash houses in Southeast Baltimore and Baltimore County.
- Detectives seized about 43 kilograms of cocaine from a Southeast Baltimore apartment on Oct. 2, along with a bolt-action .22-caliber rifle, after tracking two vehicles from Houston.
- Molina, Lopez, Cruz, and Serrano were arrested at the Baltimore apartment during the search tied to the 43-kilogram seizure.
- A simultaneous search at a Baltimore County stash house and vehicles recovered roughly 360 grams of cocaine, $5,921 in cash, and a loaded Ruger .22-caliber rifle.
- Cases are being prosecuted in both Baltimore City and Baltimore County, and officials say investigators are still working to identify additional participants in the trafficking network.