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Los
Angeles Division Local News Releases
Two male adults were arrested: Byron Cheeves, 22, and Donald Carter, 48, both from San Francisco. In addition, six weapons and a large amount of US Currency were seized. The weapons confiscated included two shotguns, a machine pistol (MAC 11), two semi-automatic pistols and a .38 revolver. DEA Serves Federal Search Warrants at a Marijuana Distribution Center in Roseville, CA and at a Residence in Newcastle, CA SEPT 10--Today, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Sacramento District Office announced it served Federal search warrants at a marijuana distribution center known as “Capitol compassionate Care” in Roseville and an associated residence in Newcastle, CA. This investigation is ongoing and no arrests were made at this time. Major Marijuana Growing Operation Dismantled AUG 20--On Wednesday, August 18, 2004, Special Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration, with the assistance of the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, and the Wolf Team of the California National Guard, executed a federal search warrant on four properties in Upper Lake, California, owned by Mr. Charles Edward Lepp. The addresses where the search warrants were served are as follows: 9175 and 9176 Upper Lake Lucerne Road, and 941 and 975 East State Highway 20, all in Upper Lake, California. Laboratory Supply Company Sentenced
Opium Poppies in the San Francisco Bay Area AUG 13--When one thinks of opium fields, thoughts turn to remote and exotic locations such as Afghanistan and Thailand. However, in July 2004, the San Jose Resident Office (SJRO) looked no further than a few miles south of the city limits and seized over 19,000 opium plants which were growing in a farmer’s field. This was probably the largest opium grow seizure in Santa Clara County history and was the largest such seizure in California since over 40,000 opium plants were seized from a clandestine grow site in the Sierra National Forest near Fresno in June 2003.
August 10--From the Salinas Californian
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SEP
10--Today the Drug Enforcement Administration in conjunction with the
San Francisco
Police Department executed three State Search
Warrants and two Probation Searches in the area of the Western Addition.
AUG
13--The Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA San Francisco Field
Division, Mr. Gordon Taylor, announces that Mark A. Kesel, and
All Discount Laboratory Supply (ADLS) were sentenced on August 6th for
conspiracy to distribute chemicals, equipment and other materials used
in the manufacture of methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder monetary
instruments. The first count of the conspiracy was a violation of Title
21, United States Code, section 846, and the second count was conspiracy
to launder monetary instruments in violation of Title 18, United States
Code, section 1956(h). The sentence was handed down by U.S. District
Court Judge Claudia Wilken following a guilty plea to two counts of the
superseding indictment returned on 10/16/2002 by an Oakland federal grand
jury.
