Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents spent several months investigating suspected drug activity inside Carolyn’s bar in Merced and on Thursday, shut it down. According to an ABC press release, the license of Carolyn’s will be indefinitely suspended because the bar allowed a bartender and patrons to sell and use illegal drugs on the premises. The […]
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ABC Agents Team Up With ATF and Raid Hayward Bar
Three Bay Area men were arrested on drug and gun charges when agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) raided a bar in Hayward March 14, 2013. “This is a perfect example of some of the important work ABC agents […]
ABC Agents Suspend The Sale Of Alcohol At A Bar And Store in San Jose
Bar and store owners where alcoholic beverages are sold are taking note, violate state alcoholic beverage control laws and business can take a big hit. Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents took action at a Stop N Save store in San Jose, Tuesday, March 19, 2013 by posting a 25-day Notice of Suspension after two separate […]
Agents Shut Down Multi-State Operation
It is an impressive list: Six arrested 44 firearms (handguns, shotguns, assault rifles, rifles) 15 high-capacity magazines $74,000 in cash 2,896 marijuana plants 400 pounds of processed marijuana cocaine, mushrooms That is the result of a California Department of Justice(DOJ) investigation that started back in 2010 with a tip to special agents and ended with […]
ABC Agents At Work: Record-Breaking Statewide Shoulder Tap Operation
Congratulations to our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are agents with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for a successful and record-breaking statewide shoulder tap operation Friday, March 15. ABC agents and local law enforcement officers teamed up to combat underage drinking. The results? Agents and officers arrested 506 people […]
ABC Agents: A Different Approach
California Alcoholic Beverage Control agents took a different approach to combating underage drinking in Redlands last week. Often ABC agents will target clerks, bartenders and patrons who sell or provide alcohol to minors, but their operation Tuesday, March 5, was all about checking the identifications of patrons at the Vault bar. ABC agents worked with […]
ABC Agents At Work: Massage Parlor Sweep
Growing concern about the increasing number of massage parlors in Huntington Beach and what might be happening inside prompted several local law enforcement agencies to team up with Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents for undercover inspections. The result? Ten people were arrested on charges surrounding pimping or prostitution. In addition to the arrests, authorities found […]
As Spring Break Approaches ABC Agents Team Up With Local Officers
If you have any question that young people under the age of 21 can walk into a store and purchase alcohol, just look at the undercover operations in Contra Costa County last month. The California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff conducted three decoy operations at businesses that sell […]
Busting Those Who Give Or Sell Booze To The Under-21 Set
Rarely a week goes by without a headline that states a store clerk, bartender or patron has been busted for selling or providing alcohol to someone under the age of 21. Our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association(CSLEA) members who are agents with the California Alcoholic Beverage Control conduct operations using minors as decoys on a […]
ABC Agents: Drug Paraphernalia & Gambling at Santa Clara Liquor Store
When residents complained to police about a liquor store in Santa Clara, our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who are agents with Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) went to work. On Friday, February 15, 2013, ABC agents posted a 30-day suspension notice at Hana’s Bottle Shop. Agents went in undercover during a two month […]
