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• Suspected killer had history of substance abuse, mental problems

  Published On: 07-11-2018 in Category: drug trafficking

  

  A man, who recently killed himself and was accused of killing six people in Phoenix, had a history of domestic violence, mental illness and substance abuse, court records suggest. Dwight Lamon Jones, 56, who at times used to teach tennis, was reportedly a disturbed man. Jones committed suicide on June 4, 2018, just days after […]

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• Phoenix man sentenced to 4 years in prison for distributing synthetic drugs

  Published On: 05-14-2018 in Category: drug trafficking, Spice

  

  A man from Phoenix was sentenced to four years in prison for distributing synthetic drugs like spice and bath salts, and scheming to commit money laundering. District judge David Campbell also ordered 44-year-old Juan Mark Sayegh to forfeit approximately $1.7 million cash, real property, and other assets. Sayegh was found guilty of manufacturing and distributing […]

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• Border agents arrest Phoenix woman with heroin packed in blown-up condom

  Published On: 02-21-2018 in Category: drugs

  

  In an unusual drug bust, Border Patrol agents near Tucson, Arizona, recently seized 10 ounces of heroin packed in a blown-up condom. On Feb. 3, 2018, at a random immigration checkpoint near the border on Interstate-19, the canine unit alerted authorities to an odor emanating from a Phoenix woman’s Nissan Sentra. A thorough search of […]

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• Phoenix man arrested for smuggling over a ton of marijuana

  Published On: 02-09-2018 in Category: drug trafficking

  

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers stationed at the Port of Lukeville, 151 miles southwest of Tucson, recently arrested a 55-year-old man on charges of trafficking marijuana. After pulling over the middle-aged Phoenix man for inspection, a sniffer dog alerted the officers to the vehicle he was driving. A thorough search led to the […]

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• Fentanyl seizures leapfrog 600 percent at Arizona border

  Published On: 12-06-2017 in Category: drug trafficking

  

  In recent years, Arizona’s ports of entry (POEs) have become major gateways for huge quantities of fentanyl entering the United States. Stashed in car seats, hidden in clothing and in automobile compartments, the total amount of fentanyl seized in 2017 at different POEs along the Arizona-Mexico border jumped by 600 percent compared to 2016. According […]

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• Tucson crime lab to get new testing equipment for marijuana-related DUI cases

  Published On: 11-09-2017 in Category: substance abuse

  

  The state crime lab in Tucson, Arizona, is set to get its own brand new equipment to analyze drug traces in urine and blood in cases of driving under the influence (DUI). The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) will use the grant of over $200,000 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to procure […]

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• Phoenix man sentenced to prison for trafficking meth

  Published On: 09-08-2017 in Category: drug addiction, methamphetamine, substance abuse

  

  A federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on August 23, 2017, sentenced a 38-year-old man from Phoenix to seven years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking. Eugene Daniel Gonzalez, who was arrested in December 2016, will be on supervised release after he completes his seven-year prison term, media reports said. According to court records, authorities […]

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• Tucson-based drug ring busted, 9 arrested

  Published On: 08-07-2017 in Category: addiction, drug trafficking, drugs

  

  Agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on July 10, 2017, busted a Tucson-based narcotic trafficking ring that allegedly transported drugs via a fake Coke machine. Nine people, including 44-year-old ring leader Rene Marcos Vera, were arrested, media reports said. Authorities have confiscated more than 85 pounds of cocaine, four bank accounts, 17 […]

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• Border Patrol seizes 2,000 pounds of marijuana in Tucson Sector

  Published On: 06-02-2017 in Category: addiction, drug bust, drug trafficking

  

  In early May, Border Patrol (BP) agents in the Tucson Sector of Arizona stopped a suspicious truck near Elgin in Santa Cruz County, which led them to discover over 2,000 pounds of marijuana worth over $1 million stashed in the vehicle. While the BP agents were attempting to detain the pickup truck on Lower Elgin […]

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• DEA busts drug mafia in Phoenix suburbs

  Published On: 05-05-2017 in Category: drug addiction, drug bust, drug trafficking

  

  In early April 2017, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted a major drug bust involving several gang members in the suburbs of Phoenix. The 18-month-long investigation led to 20 people being indicted for alleged drug-related crimes and another six being arrested during the bust. Investigating officers believe that most of the suspects are members of […]

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