>>TOM WILLS: GUNS DRUGS AND STOLEN PROPERTY ALL SEIZED IN A FEDERAL RAID EARLIER THIS WEEK
ON
JACKSONVILLE’S WESTSIDE AND THE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
GAVE NEWS 4 JAX EXCLUSIVE
ACCESS TO THEIR UNDERCOVER
INVESTIGATION. THE RAID IS PART
OF A 6 MONTH NATIONWIDE STAYING
THAT AGENTS
HAVE DUBBED.
>>JOY PURDY: OPERATION PIE
THOUGHT WERE TOLD MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF ILLEGAL DRUGS
WERE TAKEN OFF
THE STREETS NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER
ERIK AVANIER WAS ON THAT RAID
WHERE THE MAN ARRESTED AS
SUSPECTED TIES TO A
DANGEROUS CARTEL, ERIC THE FEDS
SAY WE ALL NEED TO BE CONCERNED
ABOUT THIS. >> YES THEY DID I CUT AT SAY I SAW ENOUGH DRUGS BELIEVED TO BE
POWDERED FENTANYL THAT COULD
KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE I ALSO
SAW ENOUGH HIGH-POWERED GUNS
THAT THANKFULLY, WE’RE NOT USED
AGAINST THE AGENTS AS THEY RAID
AT THAT HOME. THEN I SAW A MAN
LED AWAY IN HANDCUFFS WHO WAS
IDENTIFIED AS A LOCAL
DISTRIBUTOR, 4 DEADLY DRUG
CARTEL THAT HAS INFILTRATED 17
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE U S.
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>> IT’S 08:30AM IN A DRUG RAID IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN AT THIS WEST SIDE HOME WHERE DA AGENTS
ARE SERVING A SEARCH WARRANT
FOR
ILLEGAL NARCOTICS AGENTS AREN’T
TAKING ANY CHANCES BECAUSE THEY
SAY THE
MAN WHO LIVES HERE 32 YEAR-OLD
JEWELS MILLER HAS INDIRECT TIES
TO CARTELS POLITICAL NEW
GENERATION OR CJ IN G ONE OF
THE MOST
♪
POWERFUL AND RUTHLESS MEXICAN
DRUG CARTELS IN THE WORLD.
WITHIN SECONDS OF THE FRONT
DOOR BEING FORCED OPEN MILLER
SURRENDERS WITH HIS HANDS UP
AND IS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY. THE EA ASSISTANT
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE MIKE TO
BET SAYS
HE AND HIS AGENTS FOUND WHAT
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR INSIDE
THE
HOME. WE’VE.
>> SEVERAL WEAPONS TO INCLUDE
COUPLE ASSAULT RIFLES. WE FOUND
SOME WHAT APPEARS TO
BE FENTANYL.
>> MARIJUANA AND LARGE AMOUNTS
OF CASH WERE ALSO FOUND
THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE AND AND
FIND
A SAFE WHEN FEDERAL AGENTS
RAIDED THIS HOME THEY NOT ONLY
FOUND DRUGS CASH
AND WEAPONS AS YOU CAN SEE
THEY’VE ALSO FOUND THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF STOLEN
PROPERTY STOCKPILES OF STOLEN
GOODS WERE LOCATED IN A ROOM
AGES BELIEVE SOMEONE ELSE WAS
STILL IN THE MERCHANDISE IN
TREATING IT WITH MILLER FOR
DRUGS. IT’S UNCLEAR IF HE WAS
THEN SELLING THE MERCHANDISE TO
ADD TO HIS WEALTH
OF CASH. THIS RAID WAS PART OF
A NATIONAL D E A INVESTIGATION
CALLED OPERATION PYTHON LIKE
THE FAMOUS REPTILE CONSTRICTOR
AGENTS WERE TARGETING SUSPECTS
ALL OVER THE US WITH DIRECT AND
INDIRECT TIES THE CJNG AND
PUTTING A SQUEEZE ON THEIR
OPERATION THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR DISTRIBUTING.
>> A LARGE A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE
HEROIN AND COCAINE TO THE
UNITED STATES. AND TO
OUR AREA.
>> FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS SAY
CJNG HAS INFILTRATED 17
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE US
WITH CARTEL MEMBERS WHO ARE
SIGNED A DISTRIBUTION HUB IN
ATLANTA, LOS ANGELES CHICAGO
AND NEW YORK,
ATLANTA IS IDENTIFIED AS THE
CARTELS HOPE FOR DISTRIBUTION
IN THE SOUTHEAST.
CARTEL MEMBERS WORKING OUT OF
HIGHER DISTRIBUTORS THROUGHOUT
THE REGION, INCLUDING FLORIDA.
WHAT IS HIS ROLE IN ALL OF
THIS HOW DOES HE CONNECT TO
CJNG RATHER DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY WILL INDIRECTLY HE’S
HE’S A.
>> A
DISTRIBUTOR OF HEROIN AND
FENTANYL I ASKED MIAMI THE EA
OFFICE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF
JUSTIN MILLER, HOW CLOSE ARE
SOME OF THE STREET DEALERS AND
DISTRIBUTORS TO CARTEL
HIGHER-UPS IN ATLANTA AND EVEN
IN MEXICO WHERE THE CARTEL’S
LEADER IN THE MESSY OPALS AGO
WHERE OAKS OR VENT THAT AKA
ELMEN SHOW IS HIDING IN CALLING
THE SHOTS STUN CASES, MAYBE 2
OR
3 LEVELS AWAY.
>> ON SOME CASES, WE HAVE
INDIVIDUALS HERE WHO WERE 2
CAME DIRECTLY WITH
CJNG MEMBERS IN ARRANGING DOING
THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR WEATHER
METHAMPHETAMINE COCAINE.
>> AND MORE HEROIN OPERATION
PYTHON BEGAN LAST SEPTEMBER
DURING THE OPERATION THE
JACKSONVILLE DA OFFICE WHICH
COVERS ALL OF NORTH FLORIDA HAS
SEIZED MORE THAN 6 KILOS OF
METH 30 KILOS OF HEROIN,
31 KILOS OF COCAINE ONE AND A
HALF KILO OFFENSE AND MORE THAN
2 OUT OF THE GREAT DEATH.
THE COMBINED STREET VALUE OF
THOSE NARCOTICS IS MORE THAN 5
AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ON
TOP OF THE MORE THAN $80,000 IN
FEES CASH AGENTS ALSO
CONFISCATED MORE THAN 30 GUNS.
>> TOLD MILLER REMAINS IN JAIL ON A $50,000 BOND FOR 10 FELONY CHARGES INVOLVING ILLEGAL
NARCOTICS AND POSSESSION OF
FIREARMS BY CONVICTED FELONS,
GIVEN HIS PREVIOUS CONVICTION
ON DRUG CHARGES COMBINED WITH
THE WEIGHT OF HIS CURRENT
CHARGES, HE COULD FACE DECADES
IN PRISON IF CONVICTED,
REPORTING LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM.
ERIK AVANIER CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION. >>JOY PURDY: ERIC DID AGENTS WORKING OUT OF THE JACKSONVILLE
OFFICE CAPTURE EVERYONE THEY
BELIEVE IS DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY LINKED TO THAT
MEXICAN
DRUG CARTEL.
>> WELL ASIAN TIBET TOLD ME HE
BELIEVES MILLER’S ARREST WILL
LEAD TO IDENTIFYING MORE
SUSPECTS LOCALLY SO THIS IS FAR