Whittier man arrested in undercover cocaine bust

COLTON — Authorities jailed a Whittier man and a Mexican man Thursday after they met undercover investigators with more than 40 pounds of cocaine, officials announced Friday.
Jose Vega Diaz, 47, of Whittier, and Juan More Flores, 40, of Tecate, Mexico, were being held in lieu of $1 million each at the Riverside County Jail, California Attorney General’s officials said in a written statement.
The seized drugs are valued at $1.85 million, officials said.
Department of Justice Special Agents made the bust as part of an ongoing crackdown against a Baja California-based drug cartel that distributed cocaine throughout Southern California, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
“Working with a confidential informant, an undercover agent arranged to purchase cocaine from an individual associated with (the cartel),” the statement said. “At a prearranged meeting in a hotel parking lot in Colton, agents arrested (Diaz and Flores) and seized 18.5 kilos of cocaine.”

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