RAID ON 'DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING' NETS MILLIONS IN LOS ANGELES (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, September 12, 2014, 11:42

Boxes filled with cash were found at a number of businesses in LA's Fashion District

Police in Los Angeles have arrested nine people and seized around $70m (£43m) in cash during mass raids on a series of businesses.

Officers said they suspected the money was being laundered on behalf of Mexican drug cartels.

In the dawn operation, dubbed Fashion Police, about 1,000 officers searched dozens of businesses in the city's Fashion District.

Police found $35m in cash in one warehouse alone.

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