Tag: Narcotics

On June 23, 2021, at 7:00 AM, Riverside County Regional Gang Task Force Officers from Region 2 and Region 6, along with the Riverside County Emergency Service Team served a search warrant in the 1300 block of East Lincoln Street in the City of Banning. The search warrant was the result of an ongoing gang investigation into Southside Beaumont Gang members involved in the sales of illegal narcotics and guns. Gang Task Force Officers located a shotgun, a stolen handgun and over four-hundred ammunition rounds at the location. Additionally, Gang Task Force Officers located one pound of honey oil wax, four ounces of Psilocybin mushrooms, over one hundred vape pens containing THC, one pound of marijuana and fifty fraudulent CDC COVID-19 vaccination cards. Gang Task Force Officers also seized $7,500.00 in U.S. Currency.

On May 31st, 2021, personnel from the Colorado River Station conducted high-visibility patrol along the Colorado River, in conjunction with the Memorial Day weekend. The area patrolled stretches north to the San Bernardino County line, south to the Imperial County line, and east to the Arizona border.

PHOENIX (AP) — An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, an uptick that's come amid travel restrictions at the border with Mexico.

On May 13th, 2021, members of the Corona/Jurupa Valley Regional Gang Task Force, with the assistance of Corona Police Department Special Response and Tactics, Corona UAS, Corona FLEX and Corona Vice and Narcotics teams served a search warrant in the 13000 block of Indiana Ave, Home Gardens.

On Wednesday, April 14th, 2021, at 2:00 P.M., deputies assigned to the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station Special Enforcement Team responded to a hotel in the 24000 block of Sunnymead Boulevard, in the city of Moreno Valley, reference trespassers in a room at the hotel. Upon reaching the room, deputies contacted McArthur Bartlett, a 27-year-old transient of Moreno Valley, and documented criminal street gang member.