Author: Nick Smith nick.smith@gazette
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DEA targets money laundering operations in Denver, Colorado Springs
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Anti-narcotics federal agents conducted raids in Denver and Colorado Springs on Wednesday, hinting the operations focused on rooting out money-laundering activities. Authorities divulged few details. “The DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division, along with our partners from Homeland Security Investigations, FBI, IRS, and our state and local partners conducted law enforcement operations in the Denver and…
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Feds raid 2 food markets in Colorado Springs
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Federal agents seized a phone, bags of cash and computers from a Colorado Springs restaurant on Wednesday in what appears to be a money laundering investigation, according to witnesses and court documents. The Drug Enforcement Administration raided El Ranchito, 3950 Airport Road, and El Ranchito No. 2, 3815 Maizeland Road. Both are restaurant-grocery stores east of Academy Boulevard.…
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Colorado wildfire grows 6,000 acres overnight as several western fires rage on
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Several wildfires continue to eat their way through western Colorado’s mountainous terrain, with one growing more than 6,000 acres overnight after crossing over from Utah, according to emergency officials. The scorching weather and “extreme” drought conditions still fan the blazes’ flames as firefighters try to navigate steep, jagged terrain and fight back the four wildfires…
