Agents Raid Alleged Ecstasy Lab

[DaVe]

Agents Raid Alleged Ecstasy Drug Lab

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 12:48 a.m. ET

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A large and sophisticated laboratory for the club-drug Ecstasy was shuttered after a raid Thursday, authorities said.

The lab was hidden behind a bookcase in an office in an industrial park in Escondido, 30 miles north of San Diego, authorities said.

Five people were arrested at the lab late Wednesday, and 21 others were picked up in related sweeps in and around San Diego and Los Angeles. More arrests were expected.

Arraignments for the suspects were scheduled for Friday.

The raid capped a yearlong investigation into an organization capable of making between 1 million and 1.5 million tabs of Ecstasy a month, said Errol Chavez, Drug Enforcement Administration special agent in charge.

Investigators found plastic bags filled with several thousand Ecstasy pills and enough chemicals to make a million more, said Todd Robinson, assistant U.S. attorney.

Among those arrested was Dennis L. Alba, 52, whom authorities identified as the ringleader. A phone number for his Oceanside address was unlisted, and he could not be reached.

The DEA had custody of Alba late Thursday, and whether he had an attorney could not be determined. The U.S. Marshals Service said it would have more information when he was turned over to the Bureau of Prisons.

Typically, Ecstasy is made overseas, primarily in Europe. More than 80 percent of the pills distributed in the United States are believed imported, Chavez said.

``This case represents a major attempt to establish a foothold in the United States,'' he said.

[eviljav666]

That sucks!!!

[echostar]

grr...damn DEA

[momadance]

as long as they werent in the taliban, who cares what they are making. the world could use a little bit more of the 'real' white powder

[gothzane]

Agents Raid Alleged Hostess Cakes Lab

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 12:48 a.m. ET

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A large and sophisticated laboratory for the tasty snack known as Hostess Cakes was shuttered after a raid Thursday, authorities said with sticky fingers.

The lab was hidden behind a bookcase in a local supermarket in Escondido, 30 miles north of San Diego, authorities said with choclate covered faces.

Five people were arrested at the lab late Wednesday, and 21 others were picked up in related sweeps in and around San Diego and Los Angeles. More arrests were expected.

Authorites were quoted in saying

"Wheres the cream filling?"

Arraignments for the sweat cakes were scheduled for Friday.

Those the press is lead to believe none of the evidence will

survive that long with the local police around.

The raid capped a yearlong investigation into an organization capable of making between 1 million and 1.5 million Twinkies a month, said Errol Chavez, Snack Enforcement Administration special agent in charge.

Investigators found plastic bags filled with several thousand

Ho Hos and enough choclate to make a million more, said Todd Robinson, assistant U.S. attorney.

Among those arrested was Dennis L. Alba, 52, whom authorities identified as the ringleader. Snack Enforcement Officals tried to pry the secret recipe from him....they were unsuccessful.

The SEA had custody of Alba late Thursday, and whether he had an attorney could not be determined. The U.S. Marshals Service said it would have more information when he was turned over to

Entamins Snacks...where they surely would beat the recipe out of him.

[DJGaryMatthews]

Originally posted by gothzane

The SEA had custody of Alba late Thursday, and whether he had an attorney could not be determined. The U.S. Marshals Service said it would have more information when he was turned over to

Entamins Snacks...where they surely would beat the recipe out of him.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

i'd like to beat the recipe out of him for myself too

[vision]

say it aint so!!!fuggin narcs...you know what i'm gonna do!!??!!i'm gonna go home n cry!!!thats what i'm gonna do...so there!!!

[jaronimo]

this is why you can't setup labs in the us. once you get busted you lose everything. setting up shop outside the us means you have to import and some shipments won't get through but you always keep your lab which is worth the most. plus, if you're in charge you stay out of the slammer which is nice too.

[vision]

Originally posted by jaronimo

this is why you can't setup labs in the us. once you get busted you lose everything. setting up shop outside the us means you have to import and some shipments won't get through but you always keep your lab which is worth the most. plus, if you're in charge you stay out of the slammer which is nice too.

great advice...too bad you weren't sammy the bull's confidant...if you were he'd proly still be livin in luxury off the tax payers money instead of in court and livin in jail off the taxpayers money

[sassa]

HA HA. That shit's only half an hour away from me! This place is just floating with drugs...damn.