State agents are serving search warrants today at six locations in Tucson, Pima County and Pinal County as part of a money laundering and drug trafficking case involving about $2.8 million.
The investigation also includes state benefits fraud, according to a news release from the Arizona Attorney General's Office.
The Pima County Sheriff's Department said nine arrest warrants have been issued in this investigation and eight other arrests are pending. The investigation, conducted by the Attorney General's Office and the sheriff's Narcotics and Special Investigations Section, uncovered about $216,000 in state benefits fraud, $2.8 million in money laundering, and the sale and transportation of marijuana.
Agents with the Attorney General's Office, Pima and Pinal sheriff's departments are taking part in the searches.
The locations being searched are:
- 18600 block of W. Shedd Road, Casa Grande.
- 7000 block of S. Prospector Peak Drive, Tucson.
- 5800 block of E. Klafter Road, Tucson.
- 400 block of E. Wilcox Lane, Tucson.
- 100 block of E. Corona St., Tucson.
- 4500 block of S. Liberty Ave., Tucson.
More details are expected to be released later today, the AG's office said.
The sheriff's department said the investigation began in April.
