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Major cocaine bust at San Ysidro port of entry
By: Admin On: 07-27-2017 Category: addiction, drug bust, drug trafficking, Illegal drugs Comment: 0
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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Mastermind behind San Diego’s drug tunnel sentenced to prison
By: Admin On: 03-28-2017 Category: drug bust, drug trafficking Comment: 0
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
By: Admin On: 03-08-2017 Category: drug bust, drug trafficking, Marijuana Comment: 0
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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Huge cocaine haul dropped off at San Diego Naval Base
By: Admin On: 11-30-2016 Category: addiction, cocaine, drug bust, drug trafficking Comment: 0
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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Drug bust: Operation Hard Candy leads to indictment of 31 by San Diego County Grand Jury
By: Admin On: 05-20-2016 Category: cocaine, drug bust, methamphetamine Comment: 0
A month-long covert operation last year netted the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) as many as 22 grand jury indictments against 31 drug ring suspects recently. Of the 31 suspects, 26 accused have been arrested by SDPD so far. The suspects ran a massive drug ring that operated around San Diego’s East Village neighborhood. The […]