Father And Son Indicted Of Conspiring To Deliver Dozens Of Pounds Of Cocaine

A father and his son were indicted by an Arizona grand jury for conspiring to deliver dozens of pounds of cocaine across the U.S.

Border Report noted that Raul Garcia Cordova and his son, Armando Castro Flores, have been accused of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and distribution of cocaine.

Court records reported by Border Report noted that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) learned about the activity in July. They said that a transnational criminal organization was operating in Tucson and was distributing drugs across southeastern U.S.

An undercover agent then met with Cordova, who was allegedly looking for delivery drivers. The latter then showed the agent a picture of a brick of cocaine and said between 10 and 20 kilos needed to be moved to Alabama.

In late October, Cordova allegedly gave the agent $2,000 for expenses and 15 bricks of cocaine weighing more than 18 kilos. The agent delivered the drugs, and law enforcement arrested the recipient later that day. Castro was arrested days later in Arizona and kept with a no-bond warrant.

U.S. authorities also highlighted this week that the Coast Guard seized more than 5,000 pounds of cocaine from alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific.

CBS News detailed that that the crew of the USCG Cutter Active offloaded close to 30,000 pounds of cocaine in California on Monday. Most of them came from a seizure conducted in December to disable a fast vessel with more than 20,000 pounds of drugs, the largest such episode in almost 20 years.

Moreover, 12 people were arrested during the seizure and now face federal drug charges. Rear Adm. Jeffrey Novak, deputy commander of the Coast Guard Pacific Area, told outlet KFMB that forces used "aircraft to try and interdict."

"We have the ability to call a non-compliant vessel and use force from an aircraft. We can fire warning shots and then disabling fire to shoot out the engines of the fast vessel," he added.

The drugs have a street value of more than $200 million, the force said on social media.