Los Angeles County and federal law enforcement officials executed a search warrant and recovered more than 1,300 pounds of methamphetamine worth approximately $12.5 million during a search carried out last week, authorities said Monday. According to the Los Angeles Port Police, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Group 48 and New York Field Division initiated a joint investigation in January into a drug- trafficking operation organized by the Sinaloa Cartel in Los Angeles. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Investigators also located a secret methamphetamine lab that was operating in a remote desert area in Los Angeles County, authorities said. "This major seizure follows another successful narcotics investigation in Riverside County, where officers recovered 119 kilograms of cocaine, two firearms, and identified three suspects," police said in a statement.