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• Officials seize 100 marijuana grow houses in Northern California

  Published On: 05-07-2018 in Category: addiction

  

  After months of intensive investigation, federal and local authorities in Sacramento recently raided 100 houses in Northern California and seized them after finding that they were being used to grow marijuana plants illegally. According to law enforcement agents, a Chinese criminal organization wired money to the owners of the grow houses for large-scale cultivation of […]

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• Sacramento man arrested for possession of marijuana and heroin

  Published On: 03-02-2018 in Category: drug trafficking

  

  A Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputy, while patrolling the parking area of a hotel at 2632 Cleveland Avenue in Santa Rosa, on Feb. 1, 2018, observed a man in a Lexus going through a duffel bag. Stopping to check for any possible suspicious activity, the deputy noticed that the man was sweating profusely and spoke swiftly […]

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• Methamphetamine found inside car of Sacramento DUI suspect

  Published On: 02-07-2018 in Category: methamphetamine

  

  A Lincoln Police Department (LPD) officer on Jan. 20, 2018, while conducting a traffic stop on Industrial Avenue near the Park and Ride lot, pulled a 29-year-old Sacramento man over on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI). However, a thorough search of Miguel Hernandez’s vehicle led to the recovery of several items, including methamphetamine, […]

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• Drug syringes damaging toilets in East Sacramento’s McKinley Park

  Published On: 11-30-2017 in Category: drug abuse

  

  At East Sacramento’s iconic McKinley Park, toilets are being flushed down with hypodermic needles, damaging the sewer system in the area. In fact, city authorities were compelled to shut down the toilets twice in the last few months due the clogged sewers. In an attempt to fix the problem, the Sacramento City Council on Nov. […]

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• 5 Sacramento men among 6 arrested for illegal marijuana cultivation

  Published On: 10-11-2017 in Category: drug trafficking

  

  After serving two search warrants, Yolo County Sheriff’s deputies recently arrested six people in connection with illicit cultivation of marijuana. They seized 2,227 marijuana plants at the first location and another 498 at the second site in two separate raids, having a combined worth of $6 million, media reports said. Five Sacramento men – 60-year-old […]

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• Thousands of marijuana plants seized from Sacramento-area homes

  Published On: 09-06-2017 in Category: addiction, drug abuse, marijuana

  

  Growing suspicious and alarmed by the unusually high electricity bills, federal authorities on July 26, 2017, conducted raids on nine Sacramento-area homes in Roseville, Elverta and Elk Grove, which led to the seizure of 7,750 marijuana plants. Consequently, nine suspects were arrested for their alleged involvement in illegal marijuana operations, media reports said. The federal […]

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• Sacramento FBI helps dismantle Alpha Bay dark website

  Published On: 08-21-2017 in Category: addiction, drug abuse, drug trafficking

  

  Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sacramento-based U.S. Attorney Phil Talbert on July 20, 2017, announced the shutting down of the Alpha Bay dark website, media reports said. Alpha Bay had earned the ill-repute of being one of the most extensive criminal marketplaces on the dark web with over 200,000 buyers and 40,000 sellers involved in […]

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• Hinds County authorities intercept marijuana package shipped from Sacramento

  Published On: 07-14-2017 in Category: addiction, drug trafficking, marijuana

  

  In mid-June 2017, Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason said officers intercepted a suspicious package shipped from Sacramento, California, via a popular courier service to a certain residential address in the City of Jackson. The package weighing 8 pounds of high-grade marijuana, commonly known as “Kush,” was delivered to 29-year-old Shaquita Stoval at 1253 Wood Village […]

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• Sacramento man killed at red light in suspected DUI crash

  Published On: 06-02-2017 in Category: addiction, Alcohol, alcohol rehab, DUI, sober living

  

  A 60-year-old man from Sacramento succumbed to his injuries after an alleged drunk driver triggered a chain-reaction accident on May 26 at a red light on Elkhorn Boulevard and Watt Avenue. The drunk driver, 25, who was in a Ford F250 hit the rear of Honda Fit waiting at the red light, which, in turn, […]

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• Sacramento drug trafficker arrested in LaSalle County, Illinois

  Published On: 05-03-2017 in Category: addiction, Cocaine, Drug bust, drug trafficking

  

  In early April, Illinois police arrested a Sacramento man on charges of drug trafficking. According to the Illinois State Police department, 48-year-old Matthew Remling was caught with over 900 grams of cocaine. A state police trooper pulled over Remling for an equipment violation on the Interstate 80 in LaSalle County and while he was being […]

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