P. v. Contreras-Lopez CA2/5
In 2010 and 2011, law enforcement officers in the Los Angeles area were conducting a wiretap investigation into drug trafficking. The investigating officers learned of a large narcotics scale scheduled to take place on or about September 28, 2011.
On that day, law enforcement surveillance personnel traveled to a parking lot where some of the drug deal participants were scheduled to meet. The surveillance observed defendant arrive and converse with two other men (who had previously been heard on wiretapped calls). The two men got in defendant’s car, and, after a stop at a car repair shop and a change of vehicles, defendant drove both men in a Ford Fusion to a house in Rialto. Defendant opened the house’s garage to park the Fusion inside, and after a brief period, defendant and the other two men left the garage driving the same car. Police officers pulled the vehicle over and discovered approximately nine kilograms of cocaine concealed in a hidden compartment.
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