Drug Bust

Nearly $30 million worth of drugs were seized after federal authorities discovered a “sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel” that connected a warehouse in Otay Mesa, California, to another warehouse in Tijuana, Mexico, earlier this month.

The Miami-Dade Police Department recorded a suspected drug deal with an unmanned aerial drone – the first time the police agency has used a drone to capture an alleged criminal act.

Sheriff’s officials today said they seized 233 tons of marijuana in 2019 as a result of their yearlong effort to crack down on illegal marijuana grows in Hemet. Deputies from the sheriff’s Hemet Station served nearly 250 searchwarrants related to illegal marijuana cultivation last year, leading to theseizure and destruction of about 280,000 plants and 11,500 pounds of processed marijuana,…

Deputies raided an illegal marijuana dispensary in Wildomar and arrested a 25-year-old man suspected of running it, sheriff’s officials said Saturday. Authorities served a search warrant Friday morning in the 23000 block of Bundy Canyon Road and found 50 pounds of marijuana, large amounts of cash and an AR-15 with an altered serial number, said Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Glenn…

A 27-year-old woman was killed Thursday by a man who followed her near an apartment complex in East Hollywood, officials said.

Multiple raids were carried out Thursday in communities surrounding Perris, where Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and other law enforcement personnel targeted illegal marijuana grows, seizing roughly six tons of raw and processed product, as well as arresting at least 27 people.

Deputies seized six tons of marijuana in raids across the Perris Valley. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, July 18, 2019.

Police are investigating an elaborate honey oil lab hidden inside a Burbank home. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2019.

A drug ring with Mexican cartel ties is busted. Gordon Tokumatsu report for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Oct. 9, 2018.

Riverside police Tuesday announced the arrests of nearly two dozen suspects in a three-month undercover narcotics investigation.

A 27-year-old woman from San Ysidro was arrested July 18 at Los Angeles International Airport after authorities found $160,000 worth of crystal meth hidden in the lining of her suitcase, customs officials said.

Stacks of silver packages stored in the underbelly of a tour bus that arrived to a Wilmington car shop from Tijuana were found to be hiding about 183 pounds of cocaine, law enforcement officials said following the drug bust Tuesday.

$10 million of cocaine was found inside an LA-bound tour bus. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on May 31, 2016.

A Southern California Hooters parking lot became the scene of an undercover drug bust involving alleged associates of a Mexican drug cartel, authorities said.

Police in Simi Valley said they arrested a man this week for dealing heroin inside the public library.