SAN JOSE, Calif. - Federal prosecutors this week charged two men with smuggling methamphetamine dissolved in buckets of paint and extracting the drugs at a San Jose warehouse to convert them into its crystal form.
On Tuesday, KTVU cameras were first to capture the arrest of Mario Orozco on Alum Rock Avenue San Jose and observe DEA, Homeland Security and local law enforcement officers enter a home to take him into custody.
His alleged accomplice, Teodoro Ayon-Ramos, was arrested at his home in Los Banos on the same day. DEA, Homeland Security, sheriff conduct operation in East San JoseProsecutors from the U.S.
Attorney's Office and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux said the two used a warehouse-type.