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Carlsbad police seize drugs, cash and car in major narcotics operation
CARLSBAD, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — A drug sales investigation led authorities in Carlsbad to uncover a larger narcotics operation.
The Carlsbad Police Department said its Vice/Narcotics Intelligence Unit (VNIU) carried out two major drug seizures that recovered thousands of Adderall and ecstasy pills in addition to various other narcotics.
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Specific details regarding much of the unit's work cannot be shared publicly during active investigations, the department stated. However, the department did share images of what was recovered during the two seizures on Facebook on May 29 and June 2.
The photos below show what VNIU detectives discovered during the first seizure, including over 1,000 grams of ecstasy plus over 1,200 pills of the same drug; nearly 2,000 Adderall pills; over 450 grams of 'Tuci' (a pink mix of cocaine/ecstasy), and more than 200 tabs of the hallucinogenic drug LSD.
In addition, authorities seized 360 grams of psilocybin (hallucinogenic mushrooms), 368 grams of cocaine, 244 grams of ketamine, nearly $11,000 in cash and a red Corvette.
During a second seizure, detectives found 7.2 kilograms of ecstasy, 6.8 kilograms of ketamine and 1.5 kilograms of cocaine. They also seized over 4,500 ecstasy pills, more than 30,000 Adderall pills and more than 1,500 Xanax pills in addition to 408 grams of psilocybin, 162 psilocybin chocolate bars and one pack of psilocybin gummies. (Photos below)
The second seizure also uncovered 446 THC vape cartridges and more than $63,000 in cash, authorities said.
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