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With MN Drug Crackdown in Full Swing, Know How to Fight Charges

Minnesota law enforcement is working hard to crack down on drug trafficking. In Duluth, a dozen defendants were recently indicted on federal drug trafficking charges. An additional 17 defendants face state felony drug trafficking charges, and up to 40 total arrests are expected in a massive heroin ring bust.

The defendants are accused of working in a supply loop between Chicago, the Twin Cities, and Duluth, and Superior, Wis. Several federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies worked together

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With More Drug-Sniffing Dogs in Minnesota, Know Your Rights

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Drug Crimes | Drug Possession | Drug Trafficking

Drug addiction in the United States is being called an epidemic, and a number of states – including our own – are trying to fight that epidemic any way they can.

To that end, the Minnesota State Patrol is adding three new K-9s to sniff out drugs on potential suspects. The new dogs – one German shorthair and two Belgian Malinois –have just finished their 10-week training program and will now join their handlers for another five weeks

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Eagan Man Wanted for Using Restaurants as Drug Trafficking Front

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Drug Crimes | Drug Trafficking

The El Parian restaurants consistently serve authentic Mexican food and provide good service for relatively cheap prices. However, if you’ve been to the restaurants in Eagan or Lakeville since August (the location in Long Lake has closed down), you may have noticed a change in management.

Why? Because the owner of El Parian was caught using the restaurants as a front for drug trafficking.

El Parian Owner Charged with 46 Counts of Criminal Drug Trafficking

Here’s

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Drug Possession, Sale, and Trafficking: What’s the Difference?

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Drug Crimes | Drug Possession | Drug Trafficking

If you are arrested for a drug crime, you may be surprised by the charge that you actually end up facing. Depending on the weight of the drugs allegedly involved and the other circumstances, you may face more jail time and a higher charge.

For example, even if you are not caught in a sale, the weight of drugs involved could bump up your charge to a sale (or even trafficking) offense.

So how are drug crimes defined

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Heads Up – Drug Sentencing Has Changed in Minnesota

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Drug Crimes | Drug Trafficking

A number of different Minnesota laws changed recently, including the sentencing and penalties for drug possession and trafficking crimes.

August 1^st marked the beginning of over 50 new important laws and changes in Minnesota, including laws concerning DUI sentencing, minimum wage, and digital assets. But, possibly most notably, Minnesota made the biggest revisions to drug crime and sentencing legislature in almost three decades.

Over 20 amendments or changes were made to the thresholds for certain degrees of

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West Fargo Meth Arrests a Reminder of Trafficking Consequences

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Drug Trafficking

DEA task force members have arrested five people who have been allegedly running a drug trafficking ring that ran from Texas to Minnesota and North Dakota.

Susana Serrato has been on the DEA’s watch list for almost a year after agents heard that she was transporting methamphetamines from Texas to Minnesota with the intent to distribute. A criminal informant told DEA officers that Serrato, along with her brother Guadalupe Serrato, and his wife Patricia Serrato, would be making the

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3 Things You Don’t Know About Drug Trafficking in Minnesota

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Drug Crimes | Drug Trafficking

Local police officers claim they’ve seen the effect drug trafficking can have on an area: pain and suffering from families where the drugs are abused, and an increase in the number of crimes committed wherever the drugs are coming in. Because of this, law enforcement officers are cracking down on drug traffickers here in Minnesota.

Last year, 41 people – yes, 41 people – were indicted for being members of a multi-state drug trafficking ring in northern Minnesota and

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