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A 45-year-old Keaʻau woman is charged with several drug offenses stemming from a sizeable seizure of black tar heroin and other drugs.

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A Keaʻau man is charged with additional drug offenses. Stemming from a continuing investigation into methamphetamine distribution in East Hawaii, Samuel Lagunas of Keaʻau has been charged with additional drug offenses.

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On Thursday (August 24), Officers, and Detectives from the Area I Vice Section executed a search warrant at an apartment building on Banyan Drive in Hilo. The search warrant was the result of an investigation into crystal methamphetamine distribution in the area, the drug commonly referred to as “ICE.”

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Area II Vice Officers served a search warrant on a residence on Loloa Dr., Kailua-Kona, and recovered marijuana, marijuana concentrate, prescription pills, heroin, and ammunition. Three individuals at the residence were arrested and charged.

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On Wednesday (July 26), Area II vice officers arrested and charged Michael Anthony Ventrella with two counts of promoting a dangerous drug in the first degree, two counts of promoting dangerous drugs in the third degree, two counts of promoting a harmful drug in the fourth degree,

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The Hawaiʻi Police Department is encouraging the public to participate in a nationwide prescription drug take-back initiative being sponsored in Hawaiʻi by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the state Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Safety.

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Hawaiʻi Island police have charged a 53-year-old former Hilo man with various offenses stemming from crimes that allegedly occurred on both sides of the island. At 12:33 a.m. Thursday (March 19), Kona patrol officers responded to a nuisance call at Honokōhau Boat Harbor and made contact with Christopher Brian Perkins, who was seated in a […]

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The Hawaiʻi Police Department is encouraging the public to participate in a nationwide prescription drug take-back initiative being sponsored in Hawaiʻi by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the state Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Safety.

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MEDIA RELEASE Detectives have charged a 28-year-old Kona man in connection with the unlawful entry into a motor vehicle on Tuesday (Sept. 10) in Kailua-Kona. At approximately 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, Kona Patrol Officers responded to a report of a theft from a motor vehicle within a parking lot in downtown Kailua-Kona. The victim, a 37-year-old […]

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In response to numerous community complaints, police executed a narcotics search warrant Monday (March 4) at a residence on the 77-6500 block of Seaview Circle in Kailua-Kona. The Area II Vice Section worked in conjunction with Community Policing officers from Kona and the Department of Attorney General’s Drug Nuisance Abatement Unit.

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Three people were arrested Friday (February 22) when vice officers served a search warrant on a home in Waikoloa. During the search at the house on the 68-1600 block of Alana Street, police recovered 13.5 grams of methamphetamine, 0.5 grams of marijuana, two handguns and various items of drug-related paraphernalia. They also recovered $8,852 in […]

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A West Hawaiʻi man and woman have been charged with numerous drug offenses after their arrest in Waimea last week. On Thursday (January 17), South Kohala officers responded to a disturbance at a motel on Lindsey Road in Waimea. Police found 20-year-old Robert Reed, who has no permanent address, unresponsive and in a room with […]

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Thanks to complaints from the public and calls to the Police Department’s Ice/Drug Tip Hotline, a police investigation has led to a raid on a drug distribution operation in West Hawaiʻi.

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Prosecuting Attorney Charlene Iboshi announced today that on June 21, 2012, Glennon Pine, a 38 year-old resident of Honoka’ a, Hawai’i, was sentenced to ten years in prison for the offense of Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Second Degree.

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