Federal investigators and Yakima police seized firearms and drugs in a series of raids earlier this month targeting a drug cartel.
Detectives from Homeland Security Investigations, agents from U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and Yakima police executed two federal search warrants Sept. 9, seizing 27 high-powered rifles, two shotguns and nine handguns, according to a YPD news release.
Investigators also found U.S. currency, methamphetamine and fentanyl, the release said.
The raids were targeting the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the release said, which is trying to operate in Yakima. The cartel is stealing high-end, late-model vehicles for use in drug smuggling throughout the United States.
Investigators have identified suspects, the release said, and prosecutors are expected to seek indictments.
