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SoCal Gang Accused In Sham Marriage Scam
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have arrested 18 people in a probe into a Southern California street gang accused of drug trafficking and arranging fake marriages to obtain green cards for immigrants....
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Hundreds Of Officers Involved In SoCal Crime Sweep
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of people have been arrested in a Southern California sweep that targeted drug trafficking by street gangs. Authorities say 41 people were arrested Thursday in Los Angeles and...
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Dozens Of Suspects Rounded Up In Gang Sweep
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have arrested dozens of members and associates of one of Southern California’s oldest gangs and indicted many of them on racketeering and drug-related charges. Hundreds...
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2 Riverside County Men Arrested, $4M In Cash Found In Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Highway Patrol officers found more than $4 million in cash hidden in cases of bottled water in a tractor-trailer that resulted in the arrests of two California men....
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Feds Accuse ‘Azusa 13’ Gang Members Of Targeting Blacks
AZUSA (AP) — A federal indictment has been unsealed that accuses a Latino street gang of conspiring to rid a Southern California city of black people through intimidation, threats and violence. More...
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3 Gang Members Get Federal Prison Time For Meth Trafficking
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Members of Ventura and Santa Barbara county gangs have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms for methamphetamine trafficking. U.S. District Court spokesman Thom Mrozek says...
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3 Arrested During Panga Boat Bust To Appear In Court Monday
MALIBU (CBS) — Three men suspected of attempting to smuggle a boatload of marijuana are expected to appear in court Monday on federal drug trafficking charges. Los Angeles deputies interrupted an...
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2 Brothers Get Prison For LA-Based Cocaine Ring
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of a small hip-hop record label who prosecutors say led a drug trafficking ring that used chartered jets to ship cocaine and cash between Baltimore and Los Angeles has been...
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Doctor Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Trafficking
WEST HOLLYWOOD (AP) — A West Hollywood doctor pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking charges for writing hundreds of prescriptions despite a federal order revoking his authority to...
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LA Doctor Charged With Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Los Angeles-based doctor surrendered Thursday to federal authorities after being indicted on charges that he had illegally distributed drugs, including painkillers that are...
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Dutch Man Pleads Guilty In LA To Running Drug Hub
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Dutch national has admitted to operating an online drug marketplace that sold LSD, ecstasy, marijuana and more. A U.S. attorney’s statement says 45-year-old Marc Peter Willems...
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Members Of 3 LA Gangs Indicted For Racketeering
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors say three rival Los Angeles gangs united and conspired to control drug trafficking and carried out crimes that included murder and extortion. An indictment...
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Cocaine Seizures Skyrocket Off Latin America’s Pacific Coast
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more cocaine off Latin America’s Pacific coast over 10 months than in the past three years combined. Adm. Paul Zukunft, speaking Monday in San Diego...
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Former LAX Baggage Handlers Accused Of Trafficking Cocaine
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Two former Los Angeles International Airport baggage handlers were arrested Monday on cocaine trafficking charges. Adrian Ponce, 27, and Alberto Preciado Gutierrez, 26, both...
View ArticleFormer LA Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty To Planning To Transport Cocaine,...
STUDIO CTY (CBSLA) — A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy has pleaded guilty to charges of planning to transport and deliver drugs for a quarter-million-dollar fee. Kenneth Collins, 50, of...
View ArticleDEA Targets LA-Area Doctors, Medical Professionals In Opioid Crackdown
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Doctors were caught up alongside suspected drug traffickers in a crackdown on the opioid black market in Los Angeles this week. Six people — including several doctors, physician...
View ArticleFeds Charge San Pedro Gang Members With Trafficking Drugs Out Of Local Hotel,...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — More than a dozen members of a San Pedro gang under the control of the Mexican Mafia have been indicted in a drug trafficking ring federal authorities say was being conducted out...
View Article‘A Bit Scary’: DEA Worried That Drugs Stolen From Pharmacies By Looters Could...
LONG BEACH (CBSLA) — Southland drug enforcement agents said they’re worried that the streets are about to be flooded with a wave of stolen prescription drugs taken by looters during recent protests...
View ArticleCamp Pendleton Marines, SoCal Civilians Charged In Alleged Drug Trafficking...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Two active-duty United States Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton were arrested Tuesday on drug trafficking charges which prosecutors say are linked to a fatal drug overdose in...
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17 From Across SoCal Arrested In Federal Crackdown On Darkweb Drug Sales;...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A crackdown on darknet drug sales has swept up a Southern California drug trafficking organization that allegedly distributed meth and other narcotics to customers in at least 35...
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