Operation Tumbleweed, 2008
- One of the largest drug trafficking take-downs in Arizona history
- 59 indicted, 39 arrested on felony drug trafficking charges
- Garibaldi-Lopez organization brought two million lbs. of marijuana to the U.S.
- Traffickers used sophisticated automotive and surveillance technology to bring drugs across the border, through the desert to Phoenix drop houses
- Year-long investigation required 85 agents from ICE, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs Air and Marine, DEA, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, DPS, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office and Phoenix Police
