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A number of houses in Manteca and one in Lathrop were raided on Wednesday as part of an extensive network after it was determined that they were being used to illegally grow marijuana.
According to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, a total of 20 search warrants were executed throughout San Joaquin after an exhaustive 6-month investigation determined that nearly two dozen residences were involved in the illegal cultivation operation.
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A number of houses in Manteca and one in Lathrop were raided on Wednesday as part of an extensive network after it was determined that they were being used to illegally grow marijuana.
According to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, a total of 20 search warrants were executed throughout San Joaquin after an exhaustive 6-month investigation determined that nearly two dozen residences were involved in the illegal cultivation operation.
Multiple houses in Manteca were included in the raid, as was one house in Lathrop.
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Two Indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine Published: 14 December 2020
Sacramento, California - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Ausencio Alvarez Cortez, 41, of Stockton, and Angel Ismael Ramirez, 30, of Los Angeles, charging them jointly with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, and charging Cortez separately with distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
According to court documents, on October 26, a confidential source bought 3 pounds of methamphetamine from Cortez. Following that purchase, on November 12, the source met again with Cortez, who was accompanied by Ramirez, ostensibly to execute a transaction for 50 pounds of methamphetamine. When Cortez showed the source the requested methamphetamine, however, law enforcement officers converged on the scene, arresting Cortez and Ramirez, and seizing the 50 p