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pnwmom

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Tue Jun 8, 2021, 01:45 PM Jun 2021

Operation Trojan Shield: FBI announces hundreds of arrests [View all]

Source: NBC San Diego

Operation Trojan Shield: FBI Announces Hundreds of Arrests, Dozens of Tons of Drugs Seized

Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman details the results of Operation Trojan Shield on June 8, 2021.

Video at link

Read more: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/videos/operation-trojan-shield-fbi-announces-hundreds-of-arrests-dozens-of-tons-of-drugs-seized/2625443/



Background from NPR:

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/08/1004332551/drug-rings-platform-operation-trojan-shield-anom-operation-greenlight

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Yawn. ruet Jun 2021 #1
3/4's of what they grabbed was 55 tons of pot. Meh. Why weren't they going after child ... marble falls Jun 2021 #2
Pot is always going to be more than other drugs BY VOLUME. The same people trafficking in pnwmom Jun 2021 #7
But the article said it was 22 tons of pot and more than half of that in other drugs pnwmom Jun 2021 #8
Even bigger meh. I've been reading other news outlets and they don't even mention the reefer. marble falls Jun 2021 #14
This is how mob prosecutions ALWAYS work. They start with the small, easy to prove charges pnwmom Jun 2021 #15
FBI is on a bit of a roll this week bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #3
Yawn - call me when the white collar criminals go to jail. harumph Jun 2021 #4
They also stopped several murders & an attack oldsoftie Jun 2021 #12
Agreed that while pot and even some harder drugs shouldn't be a high priority flibbitygiblets Jun 2021 #5
It wasn't just little minor drug charges... SeattleVet Jun 2021 #6
More phyrric victories in the Drug War. . .er, War on the Constitution AZLD4Candidate Jun 2021 #9
Legalize the sale of drugs and tax the income. twin_ghost Jun 2021 #10
The mob would still traffic in it to avoid the taxes, like they do with alcohol. n/t pnwmom Jun 2021 #11
Stop telling us HOW you bust these people. nt oldsoftie Jun 2021 #13
No previously unknown tactics are being spilled LanternWaste Jun 2021 #16
You forget crooks watch TV too. Some of this IS new oldsoftie Jun 2021 #17
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