Many narcotics, guns and currency were seized following an investigation that began when a Santa Clara business received a “suspicious package,” the city’s police department said Wednesday.
According to authorities, a local business in Santa Clara reported receiving a “suspicious package” in January. The package, officials report, contained illegal narcotics.
The police department noted that the business was not involved in illegal narcotics and is not suspected of any criminal wrongdoing.
Over the following months, detectives developed several leads which, by July, identified multiple suspects believed to be operating a large-scale Dark Web drug trafficking organization, the police department said.
According to authorities, multiple arrests and search warrants were executed across several states during the week of Oct. 26. Police said the takedown of a primary stash house and two additional locations in San Jose resulted on the seizure of:
- Four handguns
- Cryptocurrency and U.S. currency
- Over 500,000 counterfeit Adderall pills
- Over 100,000 counterfeit Xanax pills (suspected to contain fentanyl)
- Approximately 12 kilograms of MDMA pills and “moon rock” (ecstasy)
- 1.6 kilograms of cocaine
- 1.4 kilograms of crystal Ketamine
Authorities add they collaborated with partner agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS).
