Drug trafficking - The Journal

La Plata County officials return from fentanyl summit with new insights

Trainings designed to help law enforcement, prosecutors collaborate

DATE: Jun 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Four men sentenced to prison for illegal drug distribution in Southwest Colorado

Punishments ranged from 2½ to 10 years

DATE: Apr 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Knowingly having more than 1 gram of fentanyl would be a felony under change to Colorado bill

House Bill 1326 is entangled in election-year politics

DATE: Apr 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jury convicts Cortez man for drug distribution

Ramon DeJesus sentenced to 16 years in prison

DATE: Apr 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez woman sentenced to 9½ years for drug distribution and other crimes

Drug distribution included meth and fentanyl; law enforcement calls sentence a ‘victory for the community’

DATE: Feb 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lawmakers rethink a law that made possessing fentanyl a misdemeanor

4 grams could be enough for 2,000 fatal doses of the drug

DATE: Feb 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tightened border slowed fentanyl, but it’s rising again, Montezuma Sheriff’s Office says

Drug trafficking presentation identifies Cortez as hub, fentanyl as main threat

DATE: Dec 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez man suspected of heading drug trafficking operation is arrested in Arizona

Chad P. Blackmore arrested in Phoenix with 1,000 fentanyl pills in his possession

DATE: Nov 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez man pleads not guilty to drug charges

DeJesus arrested for alleged meth distribution, possession

DATE: Sep 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez man with history of drug use sentenced to prison

Police said Maynard Wayne Peltier intended to distribute methamphetamine

DATE: Aug 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hard drugs being trafficked into area, Sheriff’s Office says

Mexican cartels are a major source, according to law enforcement

DATE: Aug 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County sheriff sees benefits in lifting county ban on commercial marijuana cultivation

A permit system would help control illicit grow operations, he says; fees would raise revenues

DATE: Jun 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News