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Authorities say 140 -pound meth bust
largest in state history
Associated Press MAY 13, 2016 - 7:05AM
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — Authorities say a drug bust in Brooklyn Center has netted
140 pounds of methamphetamine, the largest seizure of the drug in state history.
Forty -year-old Dolores Castillo and 27 -year-old Francisco Silvestre-Marintez are both
charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
The federal Drug Enforcement Agency and the Anoka Hennepin Drug Task Force seized
the meth from a home in Brooklyn Center on Monday.
Castillo and Silvestre-Marintez were arrested at their home in Maplewood. Authorities
say the two had two pounds of meth and $130,000 in cash on hand.
Authorities made several undercover purchases from a dealer in March and April and
later learned that a home in Brooklyn Center was being used as a storage facility.
It's unclear whether the two have attorneys.
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