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Border officials arrest woman driving with 231 pounds of drugs in vehicle
By: Admin On: 04-30-2018 Category: drug trafficking, drugs, Illegal drugs Comment: 0
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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San Diego driver arrested for transporting cocaine, heroin
By: Admin On: 09-05-2017 Category: addiction, drug trafficking, drugs, Illegal drugs Comment: 0
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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13 men charged for series of cocaine busts off San Diego’s coast
By: Admin On: 06-29-2017 Category: addiction, drug trafficking, drugs, Illegal drugs Comment: 0
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
By: Admin On: 05-29-2017 Category: addiction, drug trafficking, drugs, Illegal drugs Comment: 0
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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Drug tunnel discovered near San Diego-Mexico border
By: Admin On: 12-07-2016 Category: addiction, drug addiction, drug trafficking, drugs Comment: 0
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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11 tons of cocaine offloaded by Coast Guards in San Diego
By: Admin On: 09-29-2016 Category: cocaine, drugs Comment: 0
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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San Diego: Ex-footballers among people charged with drug trafficking across continents
By: Admin On: 02-16-2016 Category: addiction, drugs, recovery Comment: 0
Many sportspersons face doping charges in their attempt to boost their performances. However, charges of smuggling and peddling the performance enhancing substances or other drugs are not usual for players, including the veteran athletes. Two former athletes were among the 22 people charged recently with running an international drug smuggling and betting ring in a […]