US EditionCalexico man sentenced for smuggling $3M in illegal pesticides, veterinary drugs
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Calexico man sentenced for smuggling $3M in illegal pesticides, veterinary drugs
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- A Calexico man has been sentenced to prison for orchestrating a years-long scheme to smuggle and distribute illegal pesticides and veterinary drugs from Mexico into the United States, federal prosecutors in San Diego announced Wednesday. Ruben Montes, 60, was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $12,710 after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge related to the distribution of more than $3 mi…
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in collaboration with the Bambang Municipal Police Station and Fertilizer Pesticide Authority (FPA) conducted a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Antonio North, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya which resulted in the arrest of a man selling illegal fertilizer and pesticide. The arrested suspect was identified as alias Junel, a resident of Brgy. Pando, Concepcion, Tarlac. The operation was initiated aft…
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