Cocaine Seizure: $1.9M in Drugs Intercepted at South Texas Ports of Entry
CBP and the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force foil two smuggling attempts at Donna and Rio Grande City bridges. Federal authorities intercepted nearly $1.9 million worth of cocaine in two major drug busts last Friday at ports of entry in Donna and Rio Grande City, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), working in […]
Lake County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Group, ATF Arrest Gun Trafficker
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group (SIG), a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA)-funded task force, with the close assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) – Chicago Field Division, concluded an investigation that resulted in the arrest of a North Chicago man for gunrunning and multiple other weapons […]
Johnston police arrest 2 in drug, weapons raid
JOHNSTON, RI — Two Johnston men were arrested on drug and weapons charges following an early morning raid at a residence on Harding Avenue. Nicolas Pacheco, 35, and Francis Meseck, 36, both of 33 Harding Avenue, were taken into custody at approximately 5 a.m. Friday, May 23, by members of the Rhode Island State Police […]
Twenty-two Charged in Imperial Valley Takedown of Violent Drug Trafficking Organization Linked to Beltran Leyva Cartel
EL CENTRO – Twenty-two alleged members of a sophisticated transnational drug trafficking organization with ties to the Sinaloa-based Beltran Leyva Cartel were indicted by a federal grand jury for importing and distributing more than a ton of methamphetamine, fentanyl and cocaine into the United States, laundering the illicit proceeds, and attempting to export firearms from […]
Five Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Money Launderers Charged
SAN DIEGO – Two federal grand jury indictments were unsealed in San Diego today against five alleged Sinaloa Cartel money launderers, including Alberto David Benguiat Jimenez, Israel Daniel Paez Vargas, Salvador Diaz Rodriguez, Christopher Ortega-Lomeli, and Christian Noe Amador Valenzuela. The indictments, returned in September and October 2022, charge the defendants with multiple drug trafficking […]
Sixteen Charged in Takedown of Drug Trafficking Network
SAN DIEGO – Four indictments were unsealed in federal court charging 16 individuals throughout San Diego County with distributing large quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin and laundering drug-trafficking proceeds. In a coordinated takedown yesterday, more than 115 federal, state and local law enforcement officials arrested 10 defendants and executed three search warrants in the […]