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Deputies busted up an illegal marijuana cultivation site this week and took more than 100 birds believed to be used in cockfighting, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County deputies bust up illegal weed site
Dangerous chemicals can make outdoor growing of weed detrimental to the environment, according to the Merced County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies destroyed a site on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (Thaddeus Miller/tmiller@mercedsunstar.com) … Click to Continue »
Read More »Think yesterday’s drug bust was big? Check what the Merced County Sheriff’s Office found today.
Less than a day after the Merced County Sheriff’s Office’s marijuana enforcement team busted an illegal marijuana stash house, resulting in one of its largest confiscations of processed marijuana, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »$1.5 million marijuana bust in Merced County; largest in recent years, deputies say
Merced County Sheriff’s deputies heard a buzzing as they approached a home Thursday night south of Delhi. The sound, as deputies found out after investigating the home in the 16300 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Hiding drugs? This Merced CHP K-9 will bust you
A Stockton woman is in jail in Los Banos after a CHP K-9 sniffed out more than 60 pounds of drugs she hid in her car. A California Highway Patrol … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced deputies bust up indoor weed cultivation
A house in the 6000 block of Irvine Drive in Winton was growing more than 150 marijuana plants indoors, Merced County Sheriff’s Office said Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. The occupants were stealing at least $ 2,000 worth of electricity, deputies said. … Click to Continue »
Read More »2 arrested, four children turned over to CPS in Merced County marijuana and guns bust
An anonymous tip led investigators on Tuesday morning to a small rural farmhouse on the southern outskirts of Delhi where they found hundreds of marijuana plants, at least three “assault … Click to Continue »
Read More »Los Banos police bust two men stealing gas
Los Banos police arrested two men from Southern California on Sunday for allegedly siphoning gas from cars at a gas station. Officers responded to the gas station in the 2800 … Click to Continue »
Read More »Authorities bust alleged meth operation in Atwater
Merced County’s gang and drug taskforce is investigating a large methamphetamine operation in Atwater this morning, said Samuel Joseph, acting police chief in Atwater. Investigators currently are at a home … Click to Continue »
Read More »In-jail gang note intercepted, helps bust drug-smuggling operation
An intercepted in-jail gang note led correctional officers tp bust a drug-smuggling operation at the John Latorraca Correctional Facility this week, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office reported. Rafael Alfonso Sanchez, … Click to Continue »
Read More »5 Gang Members Arrested in Violent Crime Bust
Several gang members were arrested by Fresno Police officers conducting an operation to decrease violent crime in Southeast Fresno Sunday. Officers arrested five Bulldog gang members for various felony charges during a probation search at a home on East McKenzie Avenue. Police say of the five arrested two were for …
Read More »Fresno Police bust chop shop
Major bust by the Fresno Police Department’s career criminal auto thieves team.
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