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11 Arrested, 3,000 Pounds Of Marijuana Seized From Smuggler Boat Off...
SANTA BARBARA (CBS/AP) — Eleven people aboard a marijuana-laden panga smuggler boat have been arrested on a remote Santa Barbara County beach. A Coast Guard aircraft crew spotted the 30-foot boat off...
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Feds Bust Ammunition Smuggling Attempt At Port Of Oakland
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents recently seized roughly 2,300 rounds of ammunition and the cars used to try to smuggle them out of the country from the Port of Oakland, an...
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Man Accused Of Smuggling 45 Pounds Of Pot From Bay Area To Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. (CBS / AP) — Authorities in coastal Georgia say an Atlanta man accused of smuggling about 45 pounds of marijuana from the Bay Area has been arrested. Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics...
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Mexico Teen Found With Meth-Filled Tequila Bottles At San Jose Mineta Airport
SAN JOSE (KCBS) — Federal agents at Mineta San Jose International Airport arrested a teenage boy from Mexico after he allegedly brought a half-million dollars’ worth of methamphetamine in his luggage,...
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Researchers Developing Portable Device That Detects U.S. Currency Vapors To...
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— An estimated $30 billion in U.S. currency is illegally smuggled into Mexico each year from the United States, but research is being done to help U.S. border-patrol agents detect...
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San Mateo Co. Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Not Guilty In Conspiracy Trial
REDWOOD CITY (CBS SF)_ A San Mateo County Sheriff’s deputy accused of conspiring with corrections officers and a known gang member to smuggle cellphones and drugs into a county jail pleaded not guilty...
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Man Straps 94 iPhones To His Body In Attempt To Smuggle Them Into China
HONG KONG (CBS SF) — A man was caught allegedly trying to smuggle nearly 100 iPhones into China from Hong Kong underneath his clothes. A Chinese publication published pictures of the man with the 94...
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Amazon Tree Boas Smuggled Into U.S. From South America Find Home At Oakland Zoo
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Three Amazon tree boas that were illegally transported from South America to Florida have found a new home at the Oakland Zoo. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents seized the snakes...
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100 Bales Of Marijuana Worth $18 Million Found In Boat On Big Sur Coast; 4...
SAN LUIS OBISPO (CBS SF) — Sheriff’s deputies arrested four men Friday, after deputies connected them to a boat found with a large amount of marijuana inside. At 1:30 a.m., deputies, along with members...
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6 Men Sentenced For Smuggling 1.4 Tons Of Marijuana By Boat On Central Coast
SALINAS (CBS SF) — Six men were sentenced to two years in prison for smuggling 2,800 pounds of marijuana in a boat that landed off of the coast in Big Sur earlier this year, the Monterey County...
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Exotic Iguanas Smuggled Into U.S. On Display At Oakland Zoo
OAKLAND (KCBS) — A pair of exotic iguanas that were illegally smuggled into the United States have made their debut at the Oakland Zoo. The ‘casque headed’ iguanas – native to Mexico and Central...
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Former Southwest Airlines Employee At Oakland Airport Pleads Guilty To...
OAKLAND (AP) — A former Southwest Airlines baggage handler pleaded guilty in federal court in Oakland Wednesday to two charges in a scheme to smuggle large amounts of marijuana through Oakland...
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Arrest In San Quentin Death Row Smuggling Attempt
SAN QUENTIN (CBS SF) – A 47-year-old Southern California woman has been arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs and cell phones to a condemned gang member on San Quentin’s Death Row. According the...
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Teaching Assistant Allegedly Smuggled Heroin, Cellphones Into San Quentin
SAN QUENTIN (CBS SF) — An assistant teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District has been charged with smuggling cellphones and heroin into San Quentin State Prison for a death row inmate...
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SoCal Woman Allegedly Smuggled Heroin, Cellphones To Friend On Death Row
SAN QUENTIN (KPIX 5) — A Los Angeles woman is in a Bay Area jail for allegedly trying to sneak phones and heroin into San Quentin to a friend on death row. Authorities say somehow Teri Nichols managed...
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3 Arrested, Deputy Injured In Drug Smuggling Boat Bust Off San Mateo County...
PESCADERO (KPIX 5) — Three people were detained Sunday morning on the San Mateo County coast in connection with a suspected ocean drug smuggling scheme, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
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Amber Heard Set To Return To Australia To Star In ‘Aquaman’
CANBERRA, Australia (CBS SF/AP) — Actress Amber Heard appears set to return to Australia’s Gold Coast to star in the DC Comics blockbuster movie “Aquaman” a year after she was convicted in the same...
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$15M Drug Smuggling Crackdown In California Prisons Gets Mixed Results
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The $15 million spent by California to thwart prison drug smuggling has generated mixed results, researchers found, as increasingly creative smugglers turned to tricks like...
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Ex-SFO Security Screener Who Let Drugs Pass Through Gets Prison
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – A former security screener at San Francisco International Airport was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for her role in a cocaine smuggling conspiracy. U.S. District Court...
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9 Die In Immigrant-Smuggling Attempt In Sweltering Truck
SAN ANTONIO (CBS/AP) — At least nine people died after being crammed into a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in the midsummer Texas heat, authorities said Sunday in what they...
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SoCal Man Arrested For Smuggling Live King Cobras In Potato Chip Cans
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Monterey Park man faces charges Wednesday of smuggling three live king cobras hidden in potato chip canisters into the country from Hong Kong. Rodrigo Franco, 34, was...
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California Man Charged With Smuggling Rifle Parts To Syrian Rebels
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Federal prosecutors say the chief executive of a California check cashing business has been indicted on charges of smuggling rifle parts and other military equipment to rebels in his...
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Drones Dropping Drugs, Contraband Into NorCal Prisons
MILPITAS (KPIX 5) – Drones are becoming a growing concern among jail guards in Northern California. That’s because people may try to use them to smuggle in drugs. Right now there’s no law banning...
View ArticleAirport Screeners at Bay Area Airports Busted for Working with Smugglers
OAKLAND (KPIX) — At Oakland International Airport, travelers see Zorro, a German Shepherd working with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department to sniff out drugs. The dog can also help the screeners at...
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Smuggling Ring Shipping Stolen Electronics To Vietnam Busted
FREMONT (CBS SF) — Eight suspects were in custody Wednesday and $2 million in property stolen from vehicles in shopping centers along the East Bay Interstate Highway 880 corridor recovered in the bust...
View ArticleUS: Vet Implanted Heroin In Puppies For Colombia Drug Ring
NEW YORK (AP) — A veterinarian accused of implanting liquid heroin in puppies for a Colombian drug trafficking ring is now in custody in New York. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said on...
View ArticleMan Accused Of Smuggling Electronics To Russia Faces Charges In SF Federal Court
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A Russian-born Estonian citizen has been extradited to face charges in federal court in San Francisco of illegally buying specialized microelectronic components and smuggling...
View ArticleFormer Oakland Airport Baggage Handler Sentenced For Role In Marijuana...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – A former baggage handler at Oakland International Airport was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 2 ½ years in prison for his part in a plot to smuggle marijuana grown in...
View ArticleCalifornia AG Becerra Sues U.S. Postal Service Over Cigarettes Smuggled By Mail
NEW YORK (AP) — California and New York City sued the U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday to stop tens of thousands of cigarette packages from being mailed from foreign countries to U.S. residents, saying...
View ArticleAlameda County Sheriff Office Employee Charged With Smuggling Meth, Phone...
DUBLIN (CBS SF) — An Alameda County Sheriff’s Office technician has been arrested for allegedly smuggling a phone and methamphetamine to an inmate at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. The district attorney’s...
View ArticleMonterey County Drug Dealer, Mexican Pharmacist Charged With Drug...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A federal grand jury has charged drug dealer in Monterey County and a Mexican pharmacist with distributing fentanyl and alprazolam as well as providing fentanyl in an overdose...
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