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Sunday, April 28, 2024

California’s Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust

 


 

California’s Riverside County deputy, 14 others arrested in drug trafficking bust 

Karen Garcia 

Los Angeles Times

April 28, 2024

 

Culminating a yearlong investigation dubbed “Hotline Bling,” authorities in Riverside County have seized millions of dollars worth of illegal drugs and arrested 15 people suspected of helping a Sinaloa, Mexico, cartel’s drug trafficking network, including a Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy.

 

In collaboration with the Riverside Police Department and the United States Postal Service, federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized 376 pounds of methamphetamine, 37.4 pounds of fentanyl, 600,000 fentanyl tablets, 1.4 kilograms of cocaine and seven firearms, according to a police report.

 

The drugs, which could have supplied the ingredients for 10 million lethal doses, have an estimated value of $16 million, according to the report.

 

“As fentanyl and methamphetamine continue to ravage our communities, we ....

 

 

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