Crime & Safety

Police Seize $23M In Meth From Cedar Creek Home

Various law enforcement agencies, including Cedar Park and Austin units, participated in search warrant yielding drugs, cash, firearms.

CEDAR PARK, TX — The Cedar Park Police Department was part of a task executing a search warrant this week that yielded nearly 640 pounds of methamphetamine, officials said on Wednesday.

The search warrant at a Cedar Creek residence resulted in the seizure of about 638 pound of meth, officials said in a press release. The — including 148 pounds of crystal meth, 490 pounds of meth in solution — has a street value of $23 million, police said.

Additionally, three semi-automatic pistols, roughly $25,861 in cash and a stolen vehicle also were seized by police, officials said.

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The operation led to the arrest of Guillermo Andres-Juarez, 29, and Alejandro Meza Palacios, 27, who were both booked into the Bastrop County Jail on charges of manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance.

The agencies participating in the raid included: the Central Texas Regional SWAT Team; Cedar Park Police

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Department; DEA Austin; DEA San Antonio; FBI, Austin Police Department; Austin Fire Department Special
Operations; Texas Department of Public Safety; San Antonio Police Department; Williamson County Tactical
EMS; Austin/Travis County EMS; Texas National Guard; Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office; and the Department of Homeland Security.

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