DENVER, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A drug ring busted in Colorado has been accused of selling methamphetamine out of a taco truck.
Seventeen people were indicted and 55 pounds of methamphetamine were confiscated last Monday in what Colorado Attorney General John Suthers says is the largest seizure of meth in state history, the Denver Post reports.
"The brazenness of this ring was astounding," Suthers said. "For example, customers could literally walk up to a food truck and order a side of meth with their taco."
Federal and local law enforcement -- including members of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the Denver Police Department -- worked for weeks using wiretaps to uncover the evidence needed to move forward in what would be called, "Operation Cargo."
The leader of the ring, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, 37, is accused of importing and exporting meth and cocaine in California and Mexico, as well as organizing the operation in Denver. The ring, known as the "Gonzalez Drug Trafficking Organization," included members of Gonzalez' own family, including two aunts used as distributors.
As of last Monday, 15 of the 17 indicted were taken into custody, authorities say.
