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Los Angeles cannabis regulation office sees five-fold increase in staff
Published On: 03-29-2018 in Category: addiction
The Los Angeles City Council (LACC) recently provided the necessary approvals to the Department of Cannabis Regulation for increasing its workforce from current headcount of five to 26. “That is a huge jump from our current capacity,” said head of the department Cat Packer. Within two months of California permitting recreational cannabis sales, LACC members […]
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Los Angeles police seize meth burritos in traffic stop, arrest driver
Published On: 02-13-2018 in Category: addiction
What an untrained eye may fail to see cannot escape the ever-vigilant sight of law enforcement authorities. On Feb. 3, 2018, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers with the Rampart division were prompt to seize methamphetamine disguised as burritos, the popular takeaway Mexican food. During a routine traffic stop in Boston Street and Edgeware Road, […]
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FBI arrests Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy on drug trafficking charges
Published On: 01-25-2018 in Category: addiction
Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, along with three of his accomplices on drug trafficking charges in Pasadena. The FBI agents on Jan. 16, 2018, nabbed Deputy Kenneth Collins, 50, on charges of facilitating narcotic trafficking activities in exchange for $250,000. According to authorities, the four […]
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Los Angeles authorities bust pot shop operating out of fake church in La Puente
Published On: 11-28-2017 in Category: addiction
Officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Nov. 15, 2017, arrested two people and confiscated marijuana worth over $20,000 from a fake church in the 15500 block of Amar Road in La Puente. The site was actually a pot shop masquerading as “The Citadel Church of La Puente,” media reports said. According to […]
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DUI crash kills 3 of a family, Los Angeles police officer arrested
Published On: 10-18-2017 in Category: addiction
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently arrested a 26-year-old off-duty Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and vehicular manslaughter. According to media reports, Edgar Omar Verduzco of Santa Ana drove allegedly in an inebriated condition on the 605 Freeway, south of Saragosa Street in West Whittier, […]
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6 charged with illegal drug distribution through dark web in Los Angeles
Published On: 08-28-2017 in Category: Drug trafficking, Narcotic trafficking, substance abuse
Federal prosecutors on August 17, 2017, charged six Southern Californians for their role in operating a multimillion-dollar drug ring on the dark web from a 271-home gated community called La Viña in Altadena, Los Angeles. Two men from Los Angeles — 29-year-old Bryan Antony Lemons and 37-year-old William James Farber — are facing drug possession […]
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DUI drives of LA Police also to track people high on prescription drugs
Published On: 07-27-2017 in Category: Drug, drug overdose, substance abuse
Officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) had recently announced that in addition to keeping a watch on the roads for drunken driving, they would also be on the lookout for drivers high on prescription drugs, media reports said. “DUI doesn’t just mean booze. If you take prescription drugs, particularly those with a driving […]
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Man arrested for selling cocaine from Los Angeles home operating as day care center
Published On: 07-05-2017 in Category: addiction, cocaine, Drug trafficking
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has arrested a 48-year-old man on charge of trafficking cocaine out of his home in Highland Park area of Los Angeles. Authorities said that Felipe Talamante was also running an illegal day care from the same place. Talamante was recently caught red-handed trying to sell 20 kilograms of cocaine “straight […]
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Border Patrol arrests 7 illegal immigrants during narcotics smuggling operation in Los Angeles
Published On: 06-05-2017 in Category: addiction, Drug trafficking, substance abuse
Border Patrol agents on May 18 arrested seven foreign nationals in Los Angeles, including a 22-year-old “immigration activist,” as part of an investigation into a “cross-border narcotics smuggling operation.” All the immigrants including the woman activist called Claudia Rueda-Vidal of Mexico were arrested on charges of visa terms violation and not drug offenses, Border Patrol […]
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Huge drug bust in Boyle Heights may trigger more deportations
Published On: 05-11-2017 in Category: addiction, Drug, Drug trafficking, Narcotic trafficking
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers on April 24, 2017, arrested four men in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on charges of smuggling more than 30 pounds of cocaine across the U.S.-Mexico border. The CBP said that two of them could face deportation as they were illegal immigrants in the country.
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