ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Eyewitness News was there on Tuesday when members of Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation, DEA, Orange County Sheriff and Orlando police announced that a major illegal drug trafficking operation has been shut down.
Local, state and federal agencies said 10 people have or will be arrested for trafficking cocaine, marijuana and conspiring to traffic oxycodone.
Investigators told Channel 9’s Kathi Belich that the drug operation was run by the owner of a local trucking company.
Investigators said they received a tip that Peter Truong was transporting drugs from California and Colorado into Florida, along with legitimate loads, about two years ago.
Truong owns P & T Trucking. Investigators said some of the nine other people who are facing charges were drivers that were accepting and delivering the drugs, which were hidden among the legitimate loads they were transporting across the country.
Two barbershops in Orlando were also searched, the Art of Fades on West Colonial and Cloud 8. Eyewitness News one of the suspects has ties to the properties.
The Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation worked with nine other local and federal agencies to put the brakes on the trafficking.
They said the operation told its customers it was selling them oxycodone, but it was a weaker drug. Investigators said it shows that people who are buying the illegal drugs really have no idea what they are getting.
Channel 9's Kathi Belich will have more on this story on Eyewitness News at 4 p.m.