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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
Newspaper
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
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1480AN
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Arcadia Police, alerted that a home was being burglarized, wound up confiscating 23 kilos of cocaine valued at $500.000 and arresting two men on suspicion of drug trafficking.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1988
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p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1988
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p. A-2
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1477AN
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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
Newspaper
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
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1459AN
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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
Newspaper
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
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
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1473AN
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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
Newspaper
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
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1466AN
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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.

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Newspaper
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
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1460AN
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Articles discuss the progress of the proceedings involving the 28 persons arrested over drug dealing on the high school campus. Citizen reaction is also discussed.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 10, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 10, 1981
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p. A-1
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1461AN
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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.

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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
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
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1471AN
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Mark Douglas Pryor, 19, arrested after an undercover investigation at Arcadia High School, has been placed on three years formal probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service work. He was convicted of selling less than an ounce of marijuana to a woman who turned out to be an undercover officer. He was the first of eight defendants arrested to raise an entrapment defense.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1468
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 4, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 4, 1982
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p. A-1
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1467AN
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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.

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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
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1465AN
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Arcadia's Police Department has received $384,025 from the federal government as its share of drug money confiscated in various arrests in the past few years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2228
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 23, 1987
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p. A-1
Subjects
Police
Item ID
2202AN
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The use of cocaine and its effects are discussed.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 17, 1980
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p. A-4
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 17, 1980
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p. A-4
Subjects
Drug Abuse
Item ID
1439AN
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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
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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
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1478AN
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In the largest local cocaine raid in a year, Glendale police crossed into Arcadia and arrested 2 residents of a condominium on Fairview Avenue where they found 15.5 pounds of cocaine.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 9, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 9, 1986
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p. A-1
Subjects
Drug Trafficking
Item ID
1470AN
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Series of articles on drug use by adolescents

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper4020
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 24, 1968 p. 1
July 28, 1968 p. 1
July 31, 1968 p. 1
August 4, 1968 p. 1
August 8, 1968 p. 1
August 14, 1968 p. 3
August 18, 1968 p. 2
August 21, 1968 p. 7
August 25, 1969 p. 7
August 28, 1968 p. 2
September 1, 1968 p. 2
September 4, 1968 p. 3
September 8, 1968 p. 2
September 11, 1968 p. 5
September 15, 1968 p. 3
September 18, 1968 p. 2
September 25, 1968 p. 9
September 29, 1968 p. 5
October 2, 1968 p. 2
October 9, 1968 p. 1
October 13, 1968 p. 1
November 24, 1968 p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
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July 24, 1968 p. 1
July 28, 1968 p. 1
July 31, 1968 p. 1
August 4, 1968 p. 1
August 8, 1968 p. 1
August 14, 1968 p. 3
August 18, 1968 p. 2
August 21, 1968 p. 7
August 25, 1969 p. 7
August 28, 1968 p. 2
September 1, 1968 p. 2
September 4, 1968 p. 3
September 8, 1968 p. 2
September 11, 1968 p. 5
September 15, 1968 p. 3
September 18, 1968 p. 2
September 25, 1968 p. 9
September 29, 1968 p. 5
October 2, 1968 p. 2
October 9, 1968 p. 1
October 13, 1968 p. 1
November 24, 1968 p. 1
Subjects
Drug Abuse
Item ID
3896AN
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General information re drug abuse

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 15, 1971 p. 1
September 26, 1971 p. 1 (survey results)
May 4, 1972 p. 1 (Teen Challenge program)
January 7, 1973 p. 2 (IMPACT rehabilitation center)
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Arcadia Tribune
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September 15, 1971 p. 1
September 26, 1971 p. 1 (survey results)
May 4, 1972 p. 1 (Teen Challenge program)
January 7, 1973 p. 2 (IMPACT rehabilitation center)
Subjects
Drug Abuse
Item ID
3898AN
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Youth-adult meetings re: drug use

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 11, 1968 p. 1
September 15, 1968 p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 11, 1968 p. 1
September 15, 1968 p. 1
Subjects
Drug Abuse
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3897AN
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Mayor Don Pellegrino has declared October "Drug Abuse Education Month" in Arcadia. Presentation by Carla Lowe discussing "Current Drug Issues and What We Can Do About Them". Ms. Lowe is on the Board of Directors of the National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1451
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 17, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 17, 1982
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p. A-1
Subjects
Drug Abuse
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1450AN
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School board hears report on anti-drug education program.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 27, 1983
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 27, 1983
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p. A-1
Subjects
Drug Abuse
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Clark's Drug Store

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1966
Pages
p. 26
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 30, 1966
Pages
p. 26
Subjects
Business and Industry - Clark's Drug Store
Item ID
3717AN
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