Feds arrest 8 suspects across Texas in multi-agency drug bust
Federal law enforcement officers arrested eight suspects in San Antonio, Houston and Corpus Christi areas on drug trafficking charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.
Pair of brothers arrested during drug bust in Atascosa County, sheriff says
Atascosa County sheriff’s deputies arrested two brothers during a drug bust that started as an investigation into cannabis THC products and other drugs making their way into a Poteet ISD campus, according to Sheriff David Soward.
Two separate searches for guns, drugs, cash leads to teen’s arrest, BCSO says
Authorities searched two separate locations for drugs, cash, and firearms earlier this week and they found what they were looking for -- including the teen responsible for allegedly stashing them.
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$18 million worth of meth seized at Laredo international bridges
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Laredo seized methamphetamine worth an estimated $18 million in two separate incidents over the weekend. The narcotics have an estimated street value of $15,266,414. CBP officers and a canine at the Colombia Solidarity Bridge discovered 139 pounds of methamphetamine in several buckets within a shipment of auto equipment. The drugs have an estimated street value of $2.7 million. The drugs have an estimated street value of $2,784,850.
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Meth seized, five arrested in bust at Northwest Side ‘problem’ house
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police say they have once again recovered drugs and arrested several people at what they describe as a problem house on the Northwest Side. The Dangerous Assessment Response Team, or DART, seized meth and arrested at least five people at the home near Rustic Lane and Sandstone Street. "For aggravated assaults and drug possessions, and it has been a problem in this neighborhood for quite some time,” said Officer Steve Beilstein, with the San Antonio Fear Free Environment unit. The last time police went out to the home in July, they found meth, weapons, homemade pipe bombs and an improvised grenade. Beilstein said the latest bust is also linked to another drug operation on Tioga Drive, not far from the house near Rustic Lane and Sandstone Street.
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3 suspects arrested in H-E-B parking lot with 604 grams of meth, police say
KENEDY, Texas – Three suspects were arrested Wednesday in an H-E-B parking lot in Kenedy after an investigation led to the seizure of 604 grams of crystal meth, according to Karnes County Sheriff’s Office. A joint investigation by the sheriff’s office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives into the distribution of meth in Karnes County led to the arrests. 20-year-old man found guilty in fatal shooting during drug dealThe three suspects, whose identity has not been released due to an ongoing investigation, were taken to Karnes County Jail and charged with the manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance, according to a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page. The suspects were taken into federal custody at a U.S. Marshal’s detention facility for detention and arraignment, the post said. Ex-Houston officers face federal charges in deadly drug raidSheriff’s deputies estimate the street value of the drugs to be around $60,000.