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Twenty-eight persons, most of them students at Arcadia High School, were arrested as suspected drug dealers. The arrests were the culmination of a secret investigation by undercover agents.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1460
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 3, 1981
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
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1459AN
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Tere Akune, the undercover police officer whose work led to the arrests for drug dealing at the high school, was on loan to Arcadia from another city in Los Angeles County. Her background and her work with this assignment are discussed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1461
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1981
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
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1460AN
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Arcadia police arrested 4 men in 4 separate rooms of the Embassy Suites motel, confiscating more than 2 ounces of cocaine and $5,600 in what police called "drug money."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1474
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 27, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 27, 1986
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
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1473AN
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Article discusses the sentencing of one of the eight adults arrested in December's drug bust at the high school. Regarding the other adults involved: charges against one have been dropped; three have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing; three are awaiting trial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1466
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 14, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 14, 1982
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1465AN
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Police arrested five Arcadia High School students on campus for selling cocaine, marijuana and LSD. The arrests followed and investigation that began last fall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1477
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 22, 1988
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
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1476AN
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Two Arcadia men have been sentenced to serve 90 days in the Los Angeles County Jail after pleading guilty to drug charges arising from the undercover investigation at the high school.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1467
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 25, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 25, 1982
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
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1466AN
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Arcadia police believe they put a dent in the local distribution of cocaine and marijuana with the arrest last week of an Arcadian, his son and daughter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1475
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 11, 1987
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
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1474AN
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The Arcadia Police Dept. will receive $1,227,823 of a total of $12 million for its part in the largest drug bust in history at a Sylmar warehouse last September. The money will be used to step up drug enforcement, as well as for community programs in drug prevention and awareness. The undercover work was by officer Dean Caputo.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1481
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1990
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1990
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1480AN
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Arcadia police seized more than 154 lbs. of cocaine worth an estimated $70 million and arrested 4 Colombian nationals in the largest drug haul in the city's history. Homes on Fairview Avenue, Arcadia Avenue and Huntington Drive were raided.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1472
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 23, 1986
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
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1471AN
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An Arcadia undercover police officer, 28, helped a Drug Enforcement Administration team and the LAPD in Sylmar for the biggest drug bust in history, a cache of 20 tons of cocaine valued at $20 billion. Federal agents also confiscated $10 million in cash.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1480
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 4, 1989
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 4, 1989
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p. A-2
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Drug Trafficking
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1479AN
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Lt. David Hinig was traded to the Culver City Police Department so that their Officer Tere Acune could work undercover at the Arcadia High School, an operation that led to several arrests. Hinig describes his experiences in Culver City.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2240
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1982
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 25, 1982
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Police - Hinig, David
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2214AN
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A series on the use of marijuana continues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1439
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 3, 1980
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p. A-4
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 3, 1980
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p. A-4
Subjects
Drug Abuse
Item ID
1438AN
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Members of the Board of Education have spoken out on the drug arrests last December at the high school. Their views on the matter are given.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1465
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 18, 1982
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
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1464AN
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In the wake of the Wednesday morning arrest of two Arcadia High School students for dealing in drugs, police Chief Charles Mitchell said action was part of a three-pronged program. Further explained in article.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1470
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 6, 1983
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 6, 1983
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
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1469AN
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Police arrested 5 Arcadia High School students on campus for selling cocaine, marijuana and LSD. The arrests followed an investigation that began last fall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3096
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 22, 1988
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p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Arcadia High School
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3018AN
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Article discusses the body's physiological reaction to THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1438
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 19, 1980
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p. A-5
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 19, 1980
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p. A-5
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Drug Abuse
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1437AN
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Arcadia Police confiscated $30,000 worth of marijuana and arrested 4 men in a sting operation at Arcadia's Embassy Suites Hotel.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1376
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
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Members of Parent Alert accused the Board of Education of dragging their feet in developing curriculum aimed at educating students on substance abuse. Such a curriculum is required by the California Health and Education Code. The district has been out of compliance with the code for more than 3 years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1448
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 11, 1980
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 11, 1980
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p. A-1
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Drug Abuse
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1447AN
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Arcadia Board of Education members voted to expel five high school students arrested last month on drug dealing charges.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1476
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 19, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 19, 1988
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
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Two Colombian nationals arrested for having 23 kilos of cocaine in their Arcadia home have pleaded not guilty to the charge of possession and sale of cocaine.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1479
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 28, 1988
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 28, 1988
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p. A-1
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Drug Trafficking
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1478AN
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