When California Alcoholic Beverage Control agents went undercover at last weekend's (July 12-14) 2013 Lightning in a Bottle music festival at Lake Skinner, they found it very easy to get their hands on illegal drugs, including: cocaine, LSD, ketamine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, marijuana, PCP and prescription meds. The ABC agents, along with Riverside County Sheriff's deputies […]
On June 19th, 2013
When Medical Board of California (MBC) investigators learned two individuals at a medispa in Los Angeles might be practicing medicine without a license, one of them went undercover and posed as a patient. The investigator went in to iLaser MediSpa on Olympic Boulevard and requested Botox. A registered nurse provided the treatment without a doctor's […]
On May 3rd, 2013
When Oxnard police received complaints from downtown business owners about shady and disruptive activity taking place, they looked into the matter and called upon investigators from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for help. In a six week period, operating undercover, Oxnard police and DMV investigators discovered two men were setting up shop and illegally […]
On April 3rd, 2013
It is hard to picture a grown man posing as a high school student for three months, talking the talk, walking the walk and completing homework assignments, but that is exactly what an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agent did at Nevada Union High School. His three month undercover drug investigation came to an end Tuesday, […]
On March 7th, 2013
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 […]
On February 5th, 2013
There is no question Department of Justice (DOJ) special agents are tough, thorough and tenacious in fighting crime, so it is no surprise to the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) that DOJ special agents went undercover and assisted the Stockton Police Department in taking down an internet gambling operation. In an investigation that began […]
