Penn State frat brothers charged with running cocaine trafficking ring
Two Penn State fraternities are at the center of a cocaine trafficking ring bust, leading to charges against 14 people, authorities said.
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Two Penn State fraternities are at the center of a cocaine trafficking ring bust, leading to charges against 14 people, authorities said.
A three-month crackdown on illegal cannabis grows across California has led to the seizure of more than 66 tons of cannabis plants worth more than $200 million, according to state officials.
Multiple law enforcement agencies in El Dorado County arrested more than two dozen suspects last week in an operation targeting drug operations on the West Slope and in the South Lake Tahoe Basin, authorities said.
A man convicted of trafficking drugs from San Joaquin County to the Bay Area was sentenced to eight years in state prison, prosecutors said Friday.
Three men were arrested in San Joaquin County this week following a months-long investigation into drug trafficking crimes, authorities said.
A Vallejo daycare center was in the middle of a multi-agency operation Thursday to crack down on crime in Solano County, including drug and weapons trafficking and gang activity, authorities said.
Thousands of pounds of narcotics were removed from vats of jalapeño paste that entered the U.S. last week in the back of a commercial truck, border agents said.
A man has been arrested, accused of illegally selling drugs in Sacramento County.
There was enough cocaine found on board for about 8,000 doses, with an estimated value of more than $111 million, officials said.
Cash, drugs, and guns were seized from two Elk Grove homes as part of a month-long investigation by the Elk Grove Police Department's Special Investigations Unit.
San Francisco city officials said more than 100 kilos of narcotics were seized and over 300 suspected drug dealers were arrested in the past three months in the Tenderloin and South of Market, as part of an ongoing drug crackdown.
What was seized: nearly 1,000 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, 14 firearms, and nearly $50,000. There were two methamphetamine conversion laboratories with multiple 55-gallon drums filled with a total of 4,000 pounds of liquid methamphetamine in various stages of conversion.
A 34-year-old man from Stockton was arrested on various drug and weapons charges, said Escalon Police Department.
Police said they first saw a red flag when the man and woman in the car "gave conflicting information about her 'due date.'"
Two Mexican nationals living in Sacramento and Stockton have been charged with drug trafficking after a traffic stop resulted in the discovery of methamphetamine packaged for sale.
Prosecutors allege that Goran Gogic and others used "meticulous planning" to transport cocaine from Colombia to Europe through U.S. ports.
A Vallejo man is facing a possible life sentence in federal prison after pleading guilty in a methamphetamine dealing case, federal prosecutors said.
A California Highway Patrol K9 helped officers make a massive drug bust during a traffic stop in the Central Valley last week.
Over 600,000 dollars of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia was confiscated in a drug bust operation in Sacramento, said the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office.
On Thursday detectives raided a drug den in South Lake Tahoe, arresting two for drugs and weapons charges, said the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
A drug bust in Turlock ended with multiple arrests and a large amount of contraband, said Patterson Police Services.
Friday morning, agents from the Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant for illegal substances at 680 Manzanita Avenue in Chico.
Multiple people were arrested at a Rocklin residence for allegedly selling a wide array of illegal drugs and for the possession of stolen vehicles, police said Thursday.
Around 1 pm on Tuesday, October 5, detectives arrested 25-year-old man, Victor Corella for the possession of 4,000 counterfeit fentanyl pills, said the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.
The Temple City resident reportedly had methamphetamine, heroin and oxycodone in her vehicle.
