900 Pound Meth Bust Causes Democrats to Riot in MPLS.! Wow. Dey needs dey drugs up in dat joint!

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900 Pounds of Methamphetamine led to Law Enforcements' 3 June 2025 in Minneapolis last week. HYSTERICAL LIES - FOR A POLITICAL AGENDA - CAUSED A RIOT.
Court documents reveal 900 pounds of meth found in a storage unit in Burnsville, Minnesota, prompted a highly scrutinized federal raid on Lake Street in Minneapolis earlier this month.
A federal criminal complaint filed Monday said the June 3 raid at Cuatro Milpas was connected to one of eight search warrants executed across the state. Those warrants followed the search of a Burnsville storage unit, which the complaint said yielded 900 pounds of crystal meth "concealed in multiple tubes separately held in large spools of metal." The street value of the meth is at least $22 million, authorities said. Court documents do not say when that meth was recovered.
Minneapolis council approves audit of ICE at Lake St. investigation
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The Brief
Federal authorities released new details on a criminal investigation last week in Minneapolis that was mistaken for an ICE raid.
The St. Paul woman is accused of attacking federal agents and law enforcement officers.
Authorities say the June 3 investigation is linked to a drug investigation that resulted in the seizure of 900 pounds of meth.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Authorities say the criminal investigation along Lake Street in Minneapolis last week, that was mistaken for an ICE raid, started with the seizure of 900 pounds of meth.
Lake and Bloomington investigation
The backstory:
A federal task force swarmed Cuatro Milpas, a Mexican restaurant at Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue, on Tuesday, June 3 for a criminal investigation. The task force included Homeland Security and ICE agents, which sparked rumors online that an ICE raid was underway.
The rumors sparked a crowd of protesters who showed up to oppose the ICE operation. Authorities later clarified the operation was a criminal investigation – not an immigration enforcement action.
Woman charged
What we know:
During the protest, there were clashes between activists and law enforcement.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced charges against a woman who they say attacked federal agents.
Isabel Lopez, 27 of St. Paul, is accused of obstructing the investigation, attacking agents and officers, kicking an FBI agent and throwing a softball at a Hennepin County Sheriff's deputy. When law enforcement officers attempted to arrest her, prosecutors say she punched a FBI agent in the head.
She is charged with assaulting, resisting, and impeding officers.
Because of the protest, authorities said they had to leave the investigation scene before they could "collect all the desired evidence" related to the criminal investigation.
New details in criminal investigation
What's new?:
The complaint against Lopez shed new details about the criminal investigation on Lake Street.
After the protest, authorities only said the task force was looking into a multinational investigation related to human and drug trafficking.
The new complaint states the task force executed eight search warrants on June 3 in Burnsville, Bloomington, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Minneapolis, and Northfield.
Authorities say before the June 3 searches, authorities had uncovered 900 pounds of crystal meth during a separate search. The meth was concealed in multiple tubes held in large spools of metal. Prosecutors say the street value of that meth is between $22 million and $25 million.
The meth was found in a storage shed in Burnsville.
During the June 3 searches, investigators seized other items, including gold-plated firearms and portraits of Scarface.
Twin Cities raids last week linked to seizure of hundreds of pounds of meth
Search warrants were executed at eight Twin Cities locations last week related to narcotics trafficking, money laundering and human trafficking.
Author: David Griswold
Published: 5:06 PM CDT June 10, 2025
Updated: 6:48 PM CDT June 10, 2025
MINNEAPOLIS — Eight federal raids were executed across the Twin Cities last week, including one in south Minneapolis, after hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine were seized from a Burnsville storage unit, court documents say.
Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said in a press release that federal agencies were executing search warrants related to narcotics trafficking, money laundering and human trafficking. The release said the investigation began with the seizure of 900 pounds of methamphetamine, worth between $22 million and $25 million in street value.
Federal indictment: 900-pound meth seizure in Twin Cities storage unit preceded raids in 8 locations
The details are contained in a newly filed indictment of a St. Paul woman charged in the aftermath of the raids.
By Sarah Nelson
The Minnesota Star Tribune
June 10, 2025 at 7:09PM
Federal officials seized 900 pounds of crystal methamphetamine from a Burnsville storage unit valued between $22 million to $25 million in an investigation that set off several narcotics and human trafficking raids across the Twin Cities, according to a federal indictment. (U.S. District Court)
Federal searches conducted in eight places across the Twin Cities metro area last week were sparked by the discovery of more than 900 pounds of methamphetamine in a Burnsville storage unit, according to an indictment filed Tuesday.
The raids were authorized by a judge May 30 as part of an investigation into a drug trafficking organization. They took place after a prior and unrelated search of the storage unit turned up concealed vials of crystal methamphetamine estimated to be worth $22 million to $25 million, the court filing said.
The details were included in an indictment against Isabel Lopez, 27, of St. Paul, who is charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers or employees as part of the protests outside Taqueria y Birrieria las Cuatro Milpas restaurant on E. Lake Street in Minneapolis.
The searches, carried out June 3 in Burnsville, Bloomington, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Minneapolis and Northfield, started at 6 a.m. and culminated in a tumultuous encounter between protesters and law enforcement at the restaurant. The crowd clashed with officers over worries an immigration raid was underway.
The details contained in the indictment reveal the impetus for the searches was a desire to seize evidence related to a “large and ongoing investigation” into drug trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking and firearm violations for an entity with ties to transnational criminal organizations. The warrants remain under seal.
Agents in the court filings said the searches of a Northfield residence turned up two gold-plated firearms with adornments similar to other weapons used by and seized from narcotics traffickers. In a search at a Burnsville business, agents seized portraits of fictional drug trafficker Tony Montana, famously portrayed by Al Pacino in the 1983 movie “Scarface.”
“Such ‘homage’ images are regularly observed by law enforcement in the homes and businesses of those involved in the drug and related money laundering trades,” the indictment read.
Attempts to seize evidence were cut short when protesters gathered at Las Cuatros Milpas, 1526 E. Lake St., according to the indictment. In addition to protests, the Lake Street scene drew questions from Minneapolis elected officials over whether the city’s policies about not assisting in federal immigration enforcement efforts were followed.
Federal officials seized 900 pounds of crystal methamphetamine from a Burnsville storage unit valued between $22 million to $25 million in an investigation that set off several narcotics and human trafficking raids across the Twin Cities, according to a federal indictment. (U.S. District Court)