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Six Lake County businesses are accused of selling illegal synthetic marijuana as a result of an undercover operation that received assistance from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, authorities announced Thursday. Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said his office’s newly formed special investigations unit, along with DEA agents, worked the undercover probe. Related Stories – Click Here Authorities said about $103,200 ... Read More »
Daily Archives: July 26, 2012
DEA: 31-state bust for bath salts, synthetic marijuana
DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart announcing a nationwide bust for synthetic drugs, at DEA headquarters in Arlington, Va., Thursday, July 26, 2012 (Credit: AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (CBS/AP) WASHINGTON – More than $36 million in cash was seized and 91 people in 31 states were arrested in a nationwide crackdown on “designer drugs” such as synthetic marijuana and bath salts. ... Read More »
Feds tout first national bust of synthetic drugs
Federal officials touted success in their first national operation against synthetic drugs. President Obama recently signed a law to ban the high-inducing chemical compounds sold as bath salts, “Spice” and “K2.” The substances have been linked to violent episodes and deaths, and became available in retail stores and online as their popularity increased. Law enforcement officials made 90 arrests as ... Read More »
Drug suspect shot during arrest at Home Depot
UNION GAP, Wash. — A suspect attempting to flee arrest during a drug bust was shot multiple times in the parking lot of the Home Depot store on South First Street, according to police. The man was taken to a local hospital by ambulance. A second man was taken into custody. Yakima police Capt. Rod Light said a federal Drug ... Read More »
Authorities announce arrest of 64 people in gang, drug bust in western Palm Beach County
Local and federal authorities announced on Thursday the arrests of 64 people over an 18-month period for their involvement in several gang and cocaine trafficking organizations that spanned from the Glades area east Royal Palm Beach and Loxahatchee Groves. Of the dozens netted during “Operation Wild West,” 17 of them were documented gang or associate gang members in Palm Beach ... Read More »
DEA busts ‘bath salts’ ring
A covert Houston-area operation was at the center of a designer drug bust that resulted in the arrests of 90 people nationwide and the seizure of millions of packets of illegal synthetic “bath salts.” Drug Enforcement Administration agents announced Thursday that they raided a factory and warehouse in Rosenberg, where the drugs allegedly were manufactured and packaged for distribution here and ... Read More »
Spice Lab Raided on Redington Beach
A private home was raided in a region-wide drug bust that targeted makers of synthetic marijuana. Federal agents executed a search warrant at a home on Gulf Boulevard Wednesday in a region-wide synthetic marijuana raid that targeted operations where the illegal drug allegedly was being made. The private Redington Beach residence on the 15000 block of Gulf Boulevard was one ... Read More »
Wife of man arrested in DEA sweep: ‘He’s a good father’
TIGARD, Ore. – The wife of a man arrested as part of the nation’s first-ever crack down on “designer drugs” said she was unaware her husband may have been involved in illegal activity. Federal prosecutors charged Joshua P. Becker with conspiracy as part of “Operation Log Jam.” Speaking from her home in Tigard, which had been raided by agents Wednesday, Shyloah Becker ... Read More »
Feds give more details about drug raids that netted Tigard man
An agent removes boxes from a Vancouver warehouse during a drug raid on Wednesday. Agents asked us to not publish photos of their faces. PORTLAND, Ore. – More than 80 people around the country were arrested as part of an operation that netted millions of packets of synthetic illegal drugs. Several of those raids and one arrest happened ... Read More »
Houston at center of major synthetic drug bust
A covert Houston operation was at the center of a designer drug industry bust orchestrated by federal agents that resulted in the arrests of 90 people nationwide and the seizure of millions of packets of illegal synthetic drugs, sources close to the investigation told the Houston Chronicle. Authorities in Houston raided a secret laboratory and local stores that were selling the ... Read More »
Synthetic Drug Raid Busts Tigard Dealer
A Tigard man was arrested on drug charges after federal DEA agents raided his house and two warehouses. The bust was part of a national sting Operation Log Jam that targeted dealers of synthetic drugs in nearly 100 cities. 32-year-old Joshua Becker is also wanted in Idaho for distribution of synthetic versions of marijuana and methamphetamine. An indictment accuses him and four others ... Read More »
National sweep targets producers of bath salts, synthetic marijuana
An earlier version of this report indicated that one of the raids took place on Staten Island. Our source for that information now reports that no Staten Island connection has been verified. Staten Island Advance/Anthony DePrimoSynthetic marijuana, sold under the names Mr. Smiley and Spice, was purchased by the Advance in this Nov. 11, 2010 file photo. Today, officials will ... Read More »
