Brian Schlonsky:
"A major bust puts an end to an operation that was delivering several pounds of illegal drugs to Grand Junction.
Wednesday, 11 News learned new details on how that drug operation worked, and how it was stopped.
There's 14 people in custody right now, 13 of them from right here in Mesa County.
The last arrest was made Wednesday in Denver, a final piece to an investigation that's been in the works for over six months.
"This is a ring we've been aware of for quite some time, they've been dealing fairly large amounts," Dan Rubinstein, the chief deputy district attorney for the drug division, said.
And by fairly large, we're talking around 1 kilo, or 2.2 pounds of cocaine into Mesa County every ten days. That's what Federico Lerma and his family are accused of bringing into Grand Junction.
On Sunday, Lerma was arrested after police say they found a kilo of cocaine in the air filter of his car, and another fourth of a pound back at his house.
"He was using his family members to distribute with him, doing things like bringing his 7 month old granddaughter along so as to appear like a family so they wouldn't get stopped," Rubinstein said...."
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February 2, 2012
February 1, 2012
SandBox Comments: KJCT News 8 "Family Of Four Arrested In Cocaine Bust"
Shannon Ballard:
"GRAND JUNCTION, Colo -- A family road trip to Denver and back is nothing out of the ordinary, except when the family is using that time to smuggle illegal drugs across the state.
About every ten days the drug ring shuffled more than two pounds of cocaine from Denver into Grand Junction, and it was a family business.
Federico Lerma allegedly used his 16-year-old son to distribute the drugs but his wife Dolores Flores and 19-year-old Blanca Lerma, their daughter, were also involved.
Federico and Blanca were arrested Sunday on their way back from one of their routine trips.
Authorities found more than two pounds of cocaine hidden inside the car's air filter. Blanca’s 7-month-old child was in the car at the time.
Officers later searched the family's home and found even more drugs...."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"GRAND JUNCTION, Colo -- A family road trip to Denver and back is nothing out of the ordinary, except when the family is using that time to smuggle illegal drugs across the state.
About every ten days the drug ring shuffled more than two pounds of cocaine from Denver into Grand Junction, and it was a family business.
Federico Lerma allegedly used his 16-year-old son to distribute the drugs but his wife Dolores Flores and 19-year-old Blanca Lerma, their daughter, were also involved.
Federico and Blanca were arrested Sunday on their way back from one of their routine trips.
Authorities found more than two pounds of cocaine hidden inside the car's air filter. Blanca’s 7-month-old child was in the car at the time.
Officers later searched the family's home and found even more drugs...."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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