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News: Authorities to announce results of probe targeting 'billion dollar' drug ring

For planning purposes only - no further information about the case will be released until Monday's news conference.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SUNDAY, OCT. 30, 2011
ICE Public Affairs: (202) 732-4213
Arizona Attorney General's Office: (602) 542-8019
Pinal County Sheriff's Dept.: (520) 858-4553

PHOENIX - Federal, state and local officials will hold a news conference Monday morning to unveil the results of a 17-month, multi-agency investigation targeting one of the largest narcotics trafficking organizations ever uncovered in Arizona. Authorities allege the ring, linked to Mexico's Sinaloan cartel, smuggled millions of dollars worth of drugs a month through the state. Last week, investigators conducted the third of three recent enforcement actions aimed at dismantling the organization.

Event: News conference
Date/Time: Monday, Oct. 31 - 10 a.m. (PDT)
Location: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - Phoenix Field Office
3010 North 2nd Street, Phoenix
Participants:

Tom Horne, Attorney General, State of Arizona
Matthew Allen, Special Agent in Charge, Arizona ICE Homeland Security Investigations
Paul Babeu, Sheriff, Pinal County, Arizona

Editor's Note: There will be a static display at the news conference of some of the contraband seized during the investigation, including drugs and weapons. Media will also receive a DVD with operational and surveillance video from the case. News organizations that can't attend will be able to download the footage from the DVIDS website - www.dvidshub.net/units/ICE<http://www.dvidshub.net/units/ICE> - beginning Monday at 10:30 a.m. PDT.

Please RSVP to this notice in order to ensure a spot is reserved for your media outlet.

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