Major bust nets local meth dealers with ties to Mexican cartel

Two of the 20 people tied to a methamphetamine ring were connected to La Familia Michoacana, a Mexican drug cartel

March 9, 2012 at 10:44PM

The following criminal complaint lays out the case against Koua "Jimmy" Vang of Brooklyn Park, one of 20 people facing charges in a national methamphetamine drug ring, authorities said Friday. Vang sold meth driven in from California and Mexico, most likely manufactured by the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, authorities said.

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