EAGE LAKE — Members of the Austin County Regional Special Response Team and the Texas Department of Public Safety Special Response Team executed arrest and search warrants on two residences located in the 200 block of Allen Street and 500 block of East Union Street in Eagle Lake on Feb. 1 at approximately 5 a.m.
Two helicopters were on standby in case the suspects fled the scene. At one of the residences, a flash-bang device was used to disorient the suspects inside.
The operation was the result of an ongoing narcotics investigation by the Westside (HIDTA) Narcotics Task Force. Task Force officers had been in vestigating reports of narcotics being distributed from both residences. Suspects Frank Cantu Sr., 63, Frank Cantu Jr., 33 and Deborah Cantu, 55, were arrested without incident.
