Search warrant operation

City News October 15, 2026

ALBERT LEA, MN, Oct. 09, 2026 – The South Central Drug Investigation Unit (SCDIU), United States Postal Service (USPS), Albert Lea Police Department, SCDIU SWAT, Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office and Faribault County Sheriff’s Office conducted a search warrant operation in the City of Albert Lea.

This investigation started in August of 2026. It has involved interstate methamphetamine trafficking from the southwest United States to Albert Lea. USPS intercepted a suspicious parcel destined for the City of Albert Lea. Law enforcement determined the parcel contained presumptive methamphetamine.  A representative sample of the presumptive methamphetamine was delivered to the parcel address in Albert Lea on Oct. 9, 2026. This package was successfully delivered and that action set in motion the search warrant executions at:

1. 833 Broadway Ave. South
2. 220 Seventh St. East
3. 713 Plainview Lane

Quinten Duane Amos Junior, age 45, of Albert Lea; Kunta Kinte Lee Viverette, age 49, of Albert Lea; and Brandon Lee Moreno, age 33, of Albert Lea, were all arrested for controlled substance felony crimes, and were transported to the Freeborn County Jail.    

SCDIU seized more than 10 pounds of methamphetamine and more than $3,700 in U.S. currency related to the operation.

While this investigation is still ongoing, this operation was a successful collaboration of local, county, and federal law enforcement agencies aimed at the disruption of narcotics trafficking to our area. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Oct. 14, 2026
South Central Drug Investigation Unit
Commander Ben Johnson- Sergeant Owatonna Police Department
(507) 774- 7188
benjamin. johnson@owatonna. gov

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