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A multi-year investigation, "Operation Bear Trap" resulted in the arrest Monday of a third member of a gang operating in South Lake Tahoe and the 76th arrest since the investigation began.

Federal and state authorities collaborated in the investigation.

The Nevada Appeal, the Silver States oldest continuously run newspaper, first published on May 16, 1865.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – A known Sureno gang member, Jose Medina, was arrested on Chris Avenue in South Lake Tahoe Monday morning after a lengthy investigation into gang activity in the Lake Tahoe Basin, Northern Nevada, and Northern California.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – A known Sureno gang member, Jose Medina, was arrested on Chris Avenue in South Lake Tahoe Monday morning after a lengthy investigation into gang activity in the Lake Tahoe Basin, Northern Nevada, and Northern California.

A multi-year investigation, "Operation Bear Trap" resulted in the arrest Monday of a third member of a gang operating in South Lake Tahoe and the 76th arrest since the investigation began.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The South Lake Tahoe Police Dept, El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, El Dorado DA’s Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Douglas County Sheriff’s and the Carson City Sheriff’s Office completed a...

A multi-year investigation, "Operation Bear Trap" resulted in the arrest Monday of a third member of a gang operating in South Lake Tahoe and the 76th arrest since the investigation began.

A federal grand jury returned two indictments on Thursday charging a total of seven defendants with various drug-trafficking crimes, including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, as well as multiple counts of distribution of methamphetamine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

These charges arise from Operation Bear Trap, which began in 2020 to address the growing problem of methamphetamine distribution in South Lake Tahoe.