Drug Bust

A record meth bust part of a national operation was announced Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020.

Officials say a Cleveland detective who had just joined a federal violence task force was shot and killed in his unmarked car along with an informant during what officials describe as a drug operation

Search warrants served at five illegal marijuana dispensaries in Chula Vista, Lakeside and Spring Valley resulted in the arrests of six people on a variety of charges and the seizure of $1.1 million and 3,000 pounds of marijuana and other drugs.

A 38-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday after U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered she attempted to transport bundles of meth while traveling with her young daughter with her in the car, CBP said.

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A man wearing a panda costume head was arrested early Thursday morning on suspicion of illegal drug possession, according to the Riverside Police Department. Police posted a photo of the suspect, including the panda costume head, in a jail cell. The bizarre chain of events played out in La Sierra neighborhood in Riverside. David Kruzek, 32, of Riverside was driving…

Police in Milan’s airport stopped a suspicious shipment of coffee beans from Colombia. Upon further investigation, they found 500 beans filled with cocaine.

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.