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VALENCIA ( KTLA) Two male Canadian nationals are under arrest in Los Angeles for allegedly trying to smuggle more than 100 pounds of cocaine to Canada, hidden in boxes of romaine lettuce.
Along with the cocaine and lettuce, federal agents also found nearly two and a half million dollars in cash inside a safe inside a warehouse.
Vasile Babuschin, 19, and Sergei Souetov, 32, both from the Toronto area, are expected to be arraigned in Los Angeles County District Court Tuesday for possession of cocaine.
The two men were at a Valencia warehouse on Constellation Road, when the agents and officers moved in.
Besides the safe, investigators found dozens of boxes of romaine lettuce stacked inside the building. Agents believe the cocaine was ultimately destined for Canada and speculate the produce was going to be used to try to obscure the smuggling scheme.
"We believe these suspects were going to attempt to ship this cocaine by truck to Canada, where it would have sold on the streets for more than $2 million," said Claude Arnold, special agent in charge for ICE's Homeland Security Investigations in Los Angeles. "Thanks to some tenacious police work, there are some very unhappy drug dealers north of the border tonight."
Along with the cocaine and lettuce, federal agents also found nearly two and a half million dollars in cash inside a safe inside a warehouse.
Vasile Babuschin, 19, and Sergei Souetov, 32, both from the Toronto area, are expected to be arraigned in Los Angeles County District Court Tuesday for possession of cocaine.
The two men were at a Valencia warehouse on Constellation Road, when the agents and officers moved in.
Besides the safe, investigators found dozens of boxes of romaine lettuce stacked inside the building. Agents believe the cocaine was ultimately destined for Canada and speculate the produce was going to be used to try to obscure the smuggling scheme.
"We believe these suspects were going to attempt to ship this cocaine by truck to Canada, where it would have sold on the streets for more than $2 million," said Claude Arnold, special agent in charge for ICE's Homeland Security Investigations in Los Angeles. "Thanks to some tenacious police work, there are some very unhappy drug dealers north of the border tonight."
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