Police officers carry packages containing cocaine seized during an operation
Reuters

The Columbus police's drug cartel unit through its thorough and deep investigation seized a huge volume of prohibited drug items, and arrested the big-time Mexico-Columbus drug trafficking ring that resulted in 33 felony indictments against nine defendants and the seizure of about 725 grams of cocaine and methamphetamine and more than 900 pounds of marijuana.

The arrest was the outcome of a month-long painstaking investigation conducted by police authorities.

The police drug unit has to use strategic patience with combined force to apprehend and pin down this elusive drug syndicate operating across the land and streets of Mexico and Columbus.

The authorities and its drug operatives found the suspects carrying along with them big volumes of illegal drugs from Mexico which they intend to distribute in all parts of Columbus, mostly on the East Side and other parts of Linden areas.

The group was apparently operating a large-scale drug syndicate and distribution channel so that they have grown fast in this prohibited and dangerous drug business.

Police said that these nine indicted drug criminals have already appropriate charges filed in court with their addresses coming from the West side to the streets of Mexico which most of them are from.

These nine drug criminals apparently work in a drug cartel and large-scale trafficking operation considering the volume and various prohibited drugs and weapons seized from them during the course of police investigation and operation.

Authorities and the police operatives told in the news that they had seized 905 pounds of marijuana, 698 grams of cocaine and 26 grams of crystal methamphetamine during the course of the investigation and operation of this drug syndicate until these drug felons were finally apprehended and held in captivity.

They have also declared a total of 83 guns seized and recovered of which 12 had been reported stolen.

Police drug enforcers also got and recovered more than $14,000 in cash during the course of operation and were kept in custody as pieces of evidence in court.

It was also reported in a press release last Wednesday, that this big time drug syndicate operation was being investigated and monitored since last summer of 2019 according to police authorities report in the news, but the charges were filed against the 9 drug criminals for their allegations of actions dated back as of May 2019.

It appears that this drug syndicate and big time trafficking group were already closely monitored for quite a time with necessary surveillance and intelligence gathering made by police drug authorities until they fell down in the hands of police operatives and were arrested.

Appropriate and necessary charges were imposed by a Franklin County grand jury over these 9 drug defendants of this dangerous and highly organized drug syndicate and trafficking operation that endanger the lives of many.

These charges range from high-level felony drug possession , drug trafficking, and weapons charges.

The charges imposed for each crime committed merit the corresponding penalties of imprisonment and other fines based on the weight of their criminal offense.