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13 men charged for series of cocaine busts off San Diego’s coast
Published On: 06-29-2017 in Category: addiction, drug trafficking, drugs, Illegal drugs
As many as 13 Latin Americans were charged recently in connection with four separate drug busts that saw the United States Coast Guard seizing nearly 11,000 pounds of cocaine from vessels at sea during May-June 2017. The accused men, mostly Ecuadorians and Colombians, were charged on June 23 with possession of cocaine with the intent […]
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Border Patrol agents confiscate drugs worth $350K in San Diego
Published On: 05-29-2017 in Category: addiction, drug trafficking, drugs, Illegal drugs
Three drug busts conducted in a span of 12 hours by Border Patrol agents at different checkpoints across San Diego County have led to a startling discovery of huge quantities of methamphetamine and heroin worth more than $350,000, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said. In the first bust at a checkpoint on I-8 […]
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Mastermind behind San Diego’s drug tunnel sentenced to prison
Published On: 03-28-2017 in Category: drug bust, drug trafficking
A Mexican drug cartel member has been sentenced to 97 months in federal prison for his involvement in constructing a tunnel from Tijuana to Otay Mesa in San Diego in 1993. However, the eight-year sentence of Antonio Reynoso Gonzalez has been reduced to 57 months because of credit for 40 months of jail time served […]
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Drugs worth 7 million seized in San Diego and Imperial Valley Counties
Published On: 03-08-2017 in Category: drug bust, drug trafficking, Marijuana
The Southwest Border (SWB), comprising the five regions such as West Texas, New Mexico, South Texas, Arizona, and the California Alliance Border Group (CBAG), serves as the primary entry point for illegal drugs such as methamphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and other dangerous drugs and precursor chemicals. The region is also known as the major drug […]
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3 San Diego men arrested for trafficking marijuana
Published On: 01-09-2017 in Category: addiction, drug trafficking, Illegal drugs, Marijuana
America is in the grip of substance abuse epidemic and San Diego is not immune to this calamity. With its port on the Pacific coast and its proximity to the Mexican border, San Diego is, in fact, on the forefront of the drug trade rampant across the United States. In early December 2016, officers of […]
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Drug tunnel discovered near San Diego-Mexico border
Published On: 12-07-2016 in Category: addiction, drug addiction, drug trafficking, drugs
The constant flow of illegal substances and narcotics across the United States-Mexico border has led to increased cross-border violence and instability. In the recent past, many Mexican drug cartels have started using innovative ways to ship drugs, such as digging trans-border narco-tunnels to transport the illicit cargo. Recently, the U.S. and Mexican state law enforcement […]
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Huge cocaine haul dropped off at San Diego Naval Base
Published On: 11-30-2016 in Category: addiction, cocaine, drug bust, drug trafficking
Around mid-August this year, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman offloaded approximately 11 tons of cocaine seized during the months of June and July, at the San Diego Naval Base. The narcotic haul was the result of 15 separate interceptions of suspected drug-trafficking “go-fast” vessels by coast guard officers in international waters, […]
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17 protesters arrested while demonstrating against the El Cajon police shooting, 4 were drunk
Published On: 11-10-2016 in Category: alcohol abuse, drug abuse
In October this year, the El Cajon police officials arrested 17 protesters for different offenses, while they were holding a demonstration against the recent shooting of Alfred Olango, an unarmed Ugandan immigrant in San Diego. The shooting is the latest in a series of fatal assaults against blacks across the United States. Four of them […]
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11 tons of cocaine offloaded by Coast Guards in San Diego
Published On: 09-29-2016 in Category: cocaine, drugs
An operation that started mid-June this year by the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter led to the seizure of nearly 11 tons of cocaine in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The drugs were offloaded by the crew of the USCG Cutter Sherman at Naval Base San Diego in August 2016. The drug bust […]
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Border patrol agents seize over $3M cash in San Diego, suspect drug trade link
Published On: 09-01-2016 in Category: drug addiction
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in San Diego recently arrested two men and seized more than $3.03 million cash in what they called as “one of their larger cash seizures.” The officers said that the smuggled money was probably related to drug trafficking. The border agents sensed something fishy after noticing two vehicles […]