Agents from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department arrested four men Wednesday after finding 1,300 pounds of marijuana in an Ontario home.
Authorities had kept the house, known to be used by a Mexican drug cartel, under surveillance after receiving a tip.
A search revealed about 1,200 pounds of marijuana in two vehicles parked outside the house and another 100 pounds inside along with scales, packaging materials and "pay owe sheets," which keep track of the drug sales, according to the San Bernardino Sun. The estimated value of the of the seizure was $1 million.
Investigators said that the marijuana was grown in Mexico and was to be distributed across the U.S.
Eduardo Flores, 46, of Bell Gardens; Carlos Rodriguez, 29, of Los Angeles; Aurelio Lizarraga, 34, of Rialto; and Saul Ochoa, 35, of Corona, were arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sales according to the Sun.
