At least 15 people were arrested, and $16 million worth of illegal drugs were seized in a massive cartel bust in Southern California. The multi-agency investigation, known as “Hotline Bling,” was aimed at a Sinaloa drug trafficking network operating in the Inland Empire. The investigation started in March 2023 and ran until April 2024 and involved the Riverside Police Department, the Riverside District Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and support from the US Postal Inspection Service. Agents found around 376 pounds of methamphetamine, 600,000 fentanyl tablets, 37.4 pounds of fent…