By Linda Taaffe

Los Altos

The Drug Enforcement Administration raided a Los Altos home on Fallen Leaf Avenue Oct. 18 during a statewide drug bust that resulted in the arrest of two local men.

Longtime Los Altos residents David and Kevin Wada could face life sentences for drugs- and weapons-related charges, police said.

The DEA secured a federal search warrant on the brothers’ house as part of a massive investigation into a San Diego lab that manufactured ecstasy.

The Los Altos SWAT team provided local assistance in the entry of the house.

The Wadas were allegedly distributors in the drug ring, police said.

The DEA allegedly found one pound of pure methamphetamine, a half pound of methamphetamine called ice or crystal methamphetamine and a five-gallon drum with acetone and methamphetamine that the Wadas allegedly used to convert the pure methamphetamine into ice, police said.

The search also uncovered loaded handguns and rifles spread throughout the house in a way that the Wadas could easily defend themselves if someone tried to break in, police said.

The DEA arrested Kevin Wada, 46, at the Los Altos house, for weapons violations and the alleged possession of drugs for sale and distribution. The state will prosecute Kevin, who has two previous strikes against him, police said.

The DEA arrested David, 52, in San Luis Obispo bringing back 11,000 hits of ecstasy.

He faces federal charges. The timing of their arrests coincided with other arrests at the San Diego lab.

Police said the two brothers had a long criminal history involving various drug, assault and weapons charges.

Both grew up in Los Altos and attended local public schools.

Neighbors said the Wadas were a bit noisy, but always nice.