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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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Large-scale illegal marijuana cultivation busted in Riverside, 8 arrested
Published On: 05-31-2016 in Category: marijuana
Eight persons were arrested and over 3,500 marijuana plants were seized recently in connection with a large-scale illegal marijuana grow operation in Riverside County’s Anza community. The seizure from a private property located off the Tripp Flats Road in Anza in May 2016 was in response to a search warrant served by the Marijuana Enforcement […]
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: Riverside Sheriff Department to collect unused prescription drugs
Published On: 04-29-2016 in Category: Drug Abuse
The Riverside County Sheriff Department, in association with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), is hosting several events on account of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, being observed on April 30. As part of the program, people can drop off their unused, expired and unwanted prescription drugs at five different Riverside Sheriff stations. […]
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Despite ban, Riverside continues to be hotbed for marijuana misuse?
Published On: 03-29-2016 in Category: addiction, drug, Treatment
The arrest of a Palm Desert man on March 9 for a drug-related crime has raked up the issue of a drug haven flourishing in the Riverside County. The arrested man was in possession of 5 pounds of marijuana, around $4,500 in cash and other stuff pertaining to marijuana sales. According to reports, the man’s […]
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Riverside County to observe Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 30
Published On: 03-04-2016 in Category: addiction, Drug Abuse, prescription drug abuse
It is always a hassle to dispose of expired or unused prescription medicines. Some use the toilet to flush the unwanted medicines, leading to water pollution, while others may throw them away in the household trash. To address the problem at the national level, leading pharmacy chain Walgreens recently launched a program to ensure safe […]