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Police investigate Tremonton apartment for potential materials to make meth, explosives

Last updated Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 11:53pm

TREMONTON — Multiple agencies were called in Wednesday to investigate an apartment containing dangerous chemicals that could potentially be used to make methamphetamine or explosives.

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DEA seizes 41 pounds of Mexican meth in SLC

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 12:48pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Authorities say they "decimated" a Mexican cartel drug cell controlling Utah when they seized millions of dollars' worth of methamphetamine in Salt Lake City.

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K-9 unit helps turn Bountiful traffic stop into meth, heroin bust

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 12:20am

BOUNTIFUL — If their vehicle’s tail light had been working, two women who had illegal drugs in the car would not be sitting in Davis County Jail on felony charges.

April Nicole Lee, 28, of Bountiful, and Victoria Lauren Becerra, 25, of Layton, were arrested and booked into jail Tuesday. As of Wednesday, they were being held without bail.

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Police: Roy woman admits smoking meth in front of kids

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 2:20pm

ROY — A 30-year-old Roy woman was arrested Wednesday on three counts of child endangerment after admitting to police that she smoked methamphetamine in the presence of her three children.

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Luis Alfredo Valdivia (Weber County Jail photo)

Man threatening to use gun booked on firearm, meth charges

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, November 2, 2012 - 10:37am

OGDEN — A man threatened to pull a gun during a confrontation at 9:46 p.m. Tuesday on the 1300 block of Kiesel Avenue. As soon as a gun was mentioned, the crowd scattered.

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Meth found at scene of fatal S. Utah crash

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 10:02am

TOQUERVILLE — Utah Highway Patrol officials say they found methamphetamine in the debris of a deadly southern Utah crash near Toquerville.

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In this June 20, 2011, photo released by Mexico's Attorney General's office, police investigators look at drums of precursor chemicals for methamphetamine that were seized in Queretaro, Mexico. Over the last several years, the cartels have quietly swooped in to fill a void in the American drug market created by years of crackdowns that began more than a decade ago.(AP Photo/Attorney General's office, File)

Mexican cartels using 'superlabs' to flood U.S. with cheap meth

Jim Salter The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 10:08am

ST. LOUIS — Mexican drug cartels are quietly filling the void in the nation’s drug market created by the long effort to crack down on American-made methamphetamine, flooding U.S. cities with exceptionally cheap, extraordinarily potent meth from factorylike "superlabs."

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Traffic stop leads to meth, marijuana arrest

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 11:00pm

OGDEN — A stop-sign violation has led to an arrest on drug charges.

Ogden police officers stopped Joshua Vasquez, 29, in the 1300 block of 21st Street at 10:18 a.m. Tuesday, said Lt. Chad Ledford.

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Police find meth at Syracuse home with small children

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 12:23pm

SYRACUSE — As officers arrived at a home, responding to a call about an unwanted guest, they did not expect to see methamphetamine in plain sight.

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DEA Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach speaks at a news conference in Denver on Thursday, May 31, 2012, where it was announced that a strike force had busted up a drug ring operating in Denver, California, Utah and Iowa. Twenty suspects were arrested Wednesday on charges for trafficking of methamphetamine and international money laundering. She is surrounded by representatives of various law enforcement agencies. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Utah arrests included in four-state meth ring bust

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 5:09pm

DENVER — Twenty-two people have been indicted on drug and money laundering charges following a more than year-long investigation by federal and local authorities in Denver.

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Federal agents seize 56 pounds of meth in SLC

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 6:37am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Authorities say they believe a 56-pound methamphetamine bust in Salt Lake County over the weekend marks the largest meth seizure in Utah history.

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Accused burglar says he was just practicing his locksmith skills

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 6:26am

OGDEN — An accused burglar’s claim that he was just practicing to be a locksmith proved to be a key in his arrest, according to police.

Justin Atmore, 31, was arrested by Weber County Sheriff’s Office deputies Sunday.

Atmore has been charged with burglary of a vehicle, manufacture/possession of burglary tools, possession/use of a firearm by a restricted person, five counts of theft by receiving stolen property and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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'Meth babies' have 'worrisome' behavior problems

Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 6:47am

CHICAGO -- The first study to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other children.

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Illicitly synthesized crystal methamphetamine

$500k Utah meth bust tied to drug cartels

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 13, 2012 - 11:24am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Federal agents say they've seized about half a million dollars in methamphetamine from a Mexican drug cartel over the weekend in Salt Lake County.

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A soldier stands in a room full of barrels containing white and yellow powder after a seizure of a small ranch in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. According to the Mexican army, 15 tons of pure methamphetamine were seized at the ranch, an amount equivalent to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009. (AP Photo/Bruno González)

Mexican troops seize 15 tons of pure meth

Arturo Perez, Mark Stevenson The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 12:42pm

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Mexican troops have made a historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in the western state of Jalisco, an amount equivalent to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009.

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