ADTucson-area law enforcement had been tracking Barcelo since at least 2009, but Tucson Police Sgt. AD“He’s been able to provide this service to drug traffickers without being detected both internally and externally by law enforcement for years,” Kaderly said. Police also tapped the phones of UPS employees and collected video footage of the group as they coordinated using the WhatsApp messaging app for the loading, handling, shipping and retrieval of cash and boxes from undercover agents, authorities said. ADADAlong with Barcelo, UPS supervisor Gary Love, 40, and drivers Michael Castro, 34, and Thomas Mendoza, 47, face money laundering, drug possession and drug distribution charges. The UPS employees “make nearly six-figures with benefits, but at some point, greed just took over.”AD

Source: Washington Post November 27, 2019 20:17 UTC