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Protesters Disrupt Major Drug Bust in Tucson, Mistaking It for Immigration Action
- On Wednesday night in Tucson, law enforcement officers apprehended a former cartel affiliate and confiscated substantial amounts of narcotics and firearms following a months-long investigation.
- The operation followed a six-month investigation and involved a search warrant, but protesters mistakenly believed it was an ICE immigration raid and disrupted the process.
- Nearly 100 protesters obstructed law enforcement efforts, blocking a tow truck and ignoring repeated police explanations that the raid was narcotics-related, not immigration-related.
- Authorities confiscated over 120 pounds of fentanyl, along with approximately 30 pounds of cocaine, nearly 22 pounds of methamphetamine, and four guns, while Sheriff Ross Teeple emphasized the importance of respecting everyone's God-given rights.
- The disruption delayed evidence removal and arrests, highlighting tensions between protest rights and public safety during complex law enforcement operations in Tucson.
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Sheriff: Tucson protestors disrupt drug bust; cartel member caught
An anti-ICE protest on Tucson's southside escalated into violence Wednesday night, resulting in several businesses being vandalized and Tucson police eventually declaring the gathering an unlawful assembly.
·Tucson, United States
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Arizona Sheriff: major fentanyl and meth drug bust delayed after 'idiot' protesters confuse it with ICE raid
A major law enforcement operation targeting a suspected cartel member in Arizona, who was found in possession of a substantial cache of narcotics and four illegally owned firearms, was disrupted by individuals who mistakenly assumed the raid was an ICE action, according to a sheriff.
·San Diego, United States
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Massive drug bust impeded by Arizona protesters ‘thinking it was an ICE raid,’ sheriff says: ‘Idiots’
Anti-ICE protesters tried to interrupt a raid in Arizona -- even though it was on a suspected cartel member found with a huge stockpile of drugs and guns, according to a sheriff blasting them as "idiots."
·New York, United States
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Clueless: Protesters Target Drug Bust, Thinking It's an ICE Raid
·Washington, United States
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