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• High school students in San Diego County hired to smuggle drugs across US-Mexico border

  Published On: 05-21-2018 in Category: drug trafficking

  

  Many high school students across San Diego are being recruited by Mexican cartels for cross-border drug smuggling, according to the U.S. Attorney for San Diego. The most recent case involves a former student of Castle Park High School in Chula Vista who has been charged with conspiring to distribute drugs, and illegally bring foreign nationals […]

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• Border officials arrest woman driving with 231 pounds of drugs in vehicle

  Published On: 04-30-2018 in Category: drug trafficking, drugs, Illegal drugs

  

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have arrested a mother, who was driving with her five children in a minivan, after they discovered nearly 231 pounds of drugs stashed in the vehicle. The 34-year-old woman, whose name has not been disclosed, was driving a Honda Odyssey from Mexico through San Diego’s Otay Mesa Port […]

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• Police bust illegal marijuana dispensary in Pacific Beach

  Published On: 03-30-2018 in Category: addiction

  

  Serving a search warrant on a marijuana dispensary in San Diego’s Pacific Beach area, narcotics enforcement officers raided the illegal shop on March 15, 2018, and confiscated 57 pounds of high-grade cannabis, among other things. They also took two individuals into custody. According to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD), authorities raided the Truly Green […]

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• Cocaine, handgun found in San Diego State University’s gym locker

  Published On: 02-27-2018 in Category: cocaine

  

  In an unexpected discovery, authorities found prescription drugs, cocaine and a weapon inside a gym locker at San Diego State University (SDSU) on Feb. 20, 2018. The raid was a joint effort by officials from the Sheriff’s Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). According to DEA Special Agent Amy Roderick, a 25-year-old man of […]

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• Major fentanyl bust at San Ysidro border leads to arrest of Mexican driver

  Published On: 12-18-2017 in Category: methamphetamine

  

  Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry (POE) on Dec. 9, 2017, arrested a 19-year-old man from Mexico’s Tijuana on charges of trafficking around 80 pounds of fentanyl into the United States territory. Law enforcement authorities said the bust is one of the largest seizures of fentanyl at the […]

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• Pharmacies in San Diego County report surge in armed robberies

  Published On: 11-08-2017 in Category: drug addiction

  

  In recent months, pharmacies across San Diego County have seen a significant surge in armed robberies and nighttime burglaries. According to Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officials, many compulsive-opioid seekers simply sneak into pharmacies and rob prescription drugs at gun point with the sole purpose of feeding their addiction or selling the medications for a profit. […]

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• First carfentanil case prosecuted in San Diego County

  Published On: 10-23-2017 in Category: addiction

  

  The U.S. Attorney’s Office of Southern California on Oct. 6, 2017 announced its decision to prosecute the first case involving carfentanil in San Diego County. In the case, 37-year-old Sky Gornik of Clairemont faces charges of trafficking carfentanil, ketamine, fentanyl and other substances through the U.S. mail over several years. According to investigating officers, a […]

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• San Diego driver arrested for transporting cocaine, heroin

  Published On: 09-05-2017 in Category: addiction, drug trafficking, drugs, Illegal drugs

  

  During a traffic stop on Aug. 27, 2017, federal authorities arrested 33-year-old tractor-trailer driver Abraham Castro of San Diego on charges of traffic violations on the New Jersey Turnpike. As investigating officers approached the vehicle headed northbound via Essex County, another passenger, 42-year-old Hector Leonel Lucas-Ramos, suddenly sprang out of the vehicle to zip up […]

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• 106 pounds of cocaine, $300,000 seized near San Diego border in 2 separate incidents

  Published On: 08-29-2017 in Category: cocaine, drug abuse, drug addiction

  

  In a drug bust, Border Patrol (BP) agents at San Diego’s Otay Mesa port of entry (POE) on August 1, 2017, confiscated more than 100 pounds of cocaine worth $2.8 million headed to the United States in a pickup truck crossing the border. In a separate case, BP agents stationed at the San Ysidro POE […]

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• Major cocaine bust at San Ysidro port of entry

  Published On: 07-27-2017 in Category: addiction, drug bust, drug trafficking, Illegal drugs

  

  Officers of the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), stationed at the San Ysidro port of entry (POE) in San Diego near the America-Mexico border, on July 19, 2017, seized 33 packages containing more than 98 pounds of cocaine worth around $1.5 million hidden inside a car. While waiting in the queue for inspection […]

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