Nearly 100 pounds of meth seized in Concord traffic stop, arrest made
California Highway Patrol officers in the East Bay said they have seized nearly 100 pounds of methamphetamine and have made an arrest following a recent traffic stop in Concord.
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California Highway Patrol officers in the East Bay said they have seized nearly 100 pounds of methamphetamine and have made an arrest following a recent traffic stop in Concord.
A Central Valley man was arrested in Santa Clara County after a California Highway Patrol K-9 officer discovered a large stash of methamphetamine during a traffic stop, authorities said.
Livermore police on Tuesday arrested two people from Washington after an officer stopped to help when their vehicle broke down and a police dog alerted them to drugs in the vehicle.
A Los Angeles man who allegedly tried to fly several kilos of meth to Australia was arrested at San Francisco International Airport last month, the San Mateo Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
The arrest of a suspect in a sexual assault case last week led to a search warrant that uncovered almost 13 pounds of narcotics and two pistols with high-capacity magazines, East Palo Alto police said.
Police in San Francisco on Friday confirmed a recent drug bust in the Mission that resulted in two arrests and the seizure of a large stash of illicit drugs as well as over $600,000 in cash.
Police in San Mateo said they seized 140 pounds of illegal fireworks along with drugs after responding to a domestic disturbance over the weekend.
Two brothers from Oakland who were allegedly caught with 18 pounds of illegal drugs have been charged in connection with narcotics trafficking in San Francisco's Tenderloin District, prosecutors said.
Officials in San Francisco on Wednesday marked one year since the start of a multi-agency crackdown on drug sales in the Tenderloin and South of Market, touting the program's results and pledging the crackdown would continue.
Opioid overdose deaths decreased, but there was an increase in overdose deaths from psychostimulants like meth and cocaine.
Santa Rosa officers arrested a suspect and are looking for another after they seized suspected methamphetamine over the weekend, according to police.
Police announced the results of a recent drug operation around the Tenderloin, United Nations Plaza and the San Francisco Public Library, saying more than 13 pounds of narcotics were seized in one day.
Two men from Honduras who have been convicted of selling drugs in San Francisco, including the Tenderloin neighborhood, have received multi-year prison terms.
Three people suspected of selling drugs in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood before fleeing to Honduras have been extradited back to the United States to face charges in separate cases, federal officials announced.
Police in San Francisco on Friday announced a recent drug bust at multiple homes in Hayward and San Leandro that led to four suspect arrests and the seizure of a massive cache of narcotics including large volumes of meth and fentanyl.
Another Honduran citizen was sentenced by a federal judge to 78 months in prison for selling drugs in San Francisco, federal prosecutors said.
A former Contra Costa County deputy has reached a plea deal on multiple felony charges including illegal weapons possession and falsifying evidence, according to the district attorney's office.
A federal jury on Wednesday convicted two men from the East Bay and one man from Humboldt County of multiple drug trafficking offenses following an eight-day trial that ended with one of the defendants fleeing, federal prosecutors said.
A man who admitted to selling meth and fentanyl in San Francisco's Tenderloin while on supervised release for another drug conviction was sentenced to over six years in federal prison, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Four people were arrested in Fremont early Tuesday morning after police said they found methamphetamine, along with hundreds of pounds of copper wire during a traffic stop.
A months-long investigation into a man suspected of mail theft and credit-card fraud led to three arrests Tuesday on a variety of charges including drug and weapon possession and child endangerment.
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.
Vallejo police said Saturday they arrested a man last week who was wanted for allegedly pointing a gun at a woman during an argument in October.
Police in San Jose on Monday announced the recent arrest of three suspects arrested in connection with an illegal casino operation who are now facing a variety of drug, weapon and other charges.
A CHP K9 unit hit the jackpot during an early morning traffic stop Sunday, stumbling across a major narcotics trafficking operation transporting 117 individually packaged pounds of methamphetamine in the back of a pickup truck.
