Golden gun, 42kg of fentanyl and an alligator in a tiny tank found in luxury LA apartment
FBI agents found an alligator and a gold-plated gun in a wild bust at a luxury downtown Los Angeles apartment that was allegedly used as a fentanyl “stash house.”Marvin Angelito, 27, and Susan Gonzalez, 26, were arrested in the federal raid Thursday allegedly with 94 pounds of fentanyl, nearly 16 pounds of cocaine, drug-making tools, plus the gator and some guns.They are each charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.Investigators say the luxe apartment was a known drug trafficking location, drawing lesser dealers who sought to score fentanyl and cocaine from the high-flying dealer couple.The FBI got their chance at busting Angelito and Gonzalez when agents investigating them over the summer flipped a criminal informant facing federal drug charges of their own against the duo.Working with the FBI, the criminal snitch arranged to buy 500,000 M30 fentanyl pills from Angelito and Gonzalez for $125,000, with the deal set for August 21 at their apartment located on the 45th floor at 230 W.Olympic Blvd, a high-rise apartment building known as Olympic + Hill.A “show and tell” video call was arranged, with Angelito displaying the drugs for the buyer, and a friend of Angelito appearing on the call and talking about how big-time the pair were.This place is “official,” the friend said on the call, adding that there is some “cartel s—t over here.”“This is the stash house.
They’ve got everything up there,” the friend said on the call.“They don’t like to let too many people up there.
If somebody robs that s—t or something they’ll know who to blame it on.”“Now you know this s—t is for real,” the friend added. The deal went down as planned, with the feds confiscating the drugs.
A few weeks later, the FBI executed a search warrant at Angelito and Gonzalez’s apartment and took them into custody.In the bust, the feds found nearly 94 pounds of fentanyl pills and powder, more than two pounds of heroin, almost 16 pounds of ...