busts
US Coast Guard has record year in drug seizures - $5.6 billion worth
Submitted by paula on Thu, 10/27/2016 - 7:21pm
With a growing cocaine problem, not only in South Lake Tahoe but in the whole country, the U.S Coastguard and their interagency partners are being kept busy seizing the drug from ships in the Pacific Ocean headed to the United States.
The Coast Guard broke records over the last 12 months by removing more than 416,000 pounds of cocaine worth over $5.6 billion from boats and ships. Their previous record was 367,700 pounds seized in 2008.
CHP busts marijuana grow house in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Tue, 04/07/2015 - 8:57pm
A California Highway Patrol Sergeant on routine rounds through the Tahoe Keys came across a large and sophisticated indoor marijuana grow.
Marijuana grow houses becoming a problem in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sat, 09/27/2014 - 12:59am
There are an estimated 500 unpermitted, illegal marijuana grow houses on the South Shore according to local law enforcement. In the city limits, South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Brian Uhler estimates there are 300 houses where marijuana is growing illegally with another 200 in the El Dorado County portion of the South Shore according to SLEDNET’s Matt Underhill. (SLEDNET stands for South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team, a joint drug enforcement task force)
El Dorado County Sheriff Deputies and Officers to star in own reality show
Submitted by paula on Thu, 09/04/2014 - 10:02pm
Sheriffs....El Dorado County is a new television show staring the men and women of the Sheriff's Department. Fox40 and Foothill 7 Television have filmed 26 episodes so far, the first of which airs on Saturday, September 20 on Fox and Fox 40.
Viewers will follow the real officers and deputies of the department as they are involved in drug busts, Meth lab raids and pulling over drivers under the influence. You never know who you might see on an episode, perhaps a neighbor or two?
