300 arrested in US drug sting

IN the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the US, authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates a young cartel’s vast reach north of the border.

The tentacles of La Familia extend coast to coast and deep into America’s heartland, with arrests announced in 38 cities from Boston to Seattle and from St Paul, Minnesota, to Raleigh, North Carolina.

Drug deals went down in Oklahoma parking lots, suppliers were advised to weld drugs into tire rims for transport, and in the Dallas and Seattle areas, dozens of children were removed from houses where authorities found drugs, guns or cash derived from drug sales.