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• Border Patrol officers seize drugs during stopover in Riverside County

  Published On: 07-28-2017 in Category: addiction, drug bust, trafficking

  

  In a significant drug bust, U.S. Border Patrol agents on June 23, 2017, seized illegal drugs worth more than $800,000 stashed in a 2014 Ford Focus, which they stopped on the Interstate 15 (I-15) near Temecula in southwestern Riverside County. While searching the vehicle, a drug-sniffing dog alerted the officers of the Border Patrol office […]

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• Man arrested for prescription drug robbery in Corona, Riverside County

  Published On: 06-02-2017 in Category: Opioid addiction, Opioids, prescription drug abuse

  

  Riverside County sheriff’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) officers on May 17 arrested a Corona resident on charges of robbing prescription medicines from a Norco business. According to an official release, Jeffrey Crawford demanded prescription pills at gun point from a Norco business employee. Crawford fled the scene before the authorities could arrive. But, soon […]

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• 3 arrested in Riverside drug lab raid

  Published On: 03-31-2017 in Category: addiction, drug bust, marijuana

  

  Police discovered a marijuana oil extraction laboratory on the premises of a Riverside commercial establishment, seizing more than $200,000 worth of concentrated oil and arresting three persons, authorities said. Investigating authorities in early March 2017, reached the building premises along the 1600 block of Chicago Avenue to raid the clandestine lab where highly inflammable butane […]

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• Large marijuana grow house in Riverside home upsets neighbors

  Published On: 01-31-2017 in Category: addiction, drug bust, marijuana

  Recently, there has been an unprecedented growth in the number of unlicensed marijuana growing houses across almost all the American states. Interestingly, most of these operations run clandestinely within residential neighborhoods, which is proving to be a nuisance for the neighbors. These grow houses are usually operated by unscrupulous growers who manufacture large quantities of […]

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• Riverside County police seize drugs stashed in a car battery

  Published On: 12-23-2016 in Category: addiction, drug bust, Heroin, trafficking

  Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel has long been known to transport drugs through the stash houses across Riverside County to be distributed in the markets of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Canada. In reality, there is an intricate billion-dollar network crisscrossing the county and concealed within the same shipping and trucking lanes that carry goods from […]

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• Riverside County jails witness release of drug offenders

  Published On: 11-29-2016 in Category: addiction, Drug Abuse, Methamphetamine

  

  In the last five years, overcrowding across prisons in Riverside County has caused premature release of 35,000 inmates. “Fed kick” is the term used to describe an early release of low-level offenders due to a current capacity crisis in jails throughout the County. Abraham Zamudio, 34, of Palm Springs, was arrested on drug trafficking charges […]

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• Gang members arrested in meth case

  Published On: 11-11-2016 in Category: addiction, Drug Abuse

  

  In August this year, Ernie Hernandez, 55, Eastside Riva street gang leader, besides three of his accomplices, Angel Hernandez, 34, his son, Gilberto Diaz, 30, and Bryan Deniz, 25, were arrested in the Riverside area on charges of illegally distributing methamphetamine. Members of this gang were known for having terrorized the Riverside area. They not […]

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• Drunk driver dies after hitting 4 vehicles in Riverside, CA

  Published On: 09-29-2016 in Category: addiction, Drunk driving

  

  An unidentified man was killed in a road crash in Riverside, California recently after losing control over the truck he was driving and striking four other vehicles. The man, who was driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol, crashed into the divider near the 91 and 60/215 freeway interchange in July 2016, said Riverside Police […]

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• 30 arrested in Riverside County raids; cache of drugs, arms seized

  Published On: 08-17-2016 in Category: drug, Drug Abuse

  

  A nine-month long investigation, code-named Operation Desert Impact, led to the arrest of 30 people recently in Corona, in California’s Riverside County, for their alleged involvement in drug and arms trafficking. The arrests, made in June 2016, were a result of a series of raids by the investigators. They seized 7 pounds of methamphetamine, 10 […]

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• Drugs worth $1.5 million, 67 firearms seized in Riverside County; 52 held

  Published On: 06-20-2016 in Category: cocaine, Methamphetamine

  

  A major drug bust carried out under “Operation CVL Gun Shop” led to the arrest of 52 people and seizure of drugs worth $1.6 million, and 67 firearms in Riverside County recently. The police had the major success following raids on June 9, 2016, carried out on two street gangs – Corona Varrio Locos and […]

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