“On February 27, 2026, the Sacramento County Sheriffs Office SAINT (Sacramento Area Intelligence Narcotics Team) and Calaveras County Sheriffs Office CNEU (Calaveras Narcotics Enforcement Unit) served multiple high risk search warrants after a joint investigation that began in October 2025 when illegal dumping in Calaveras County revealed evidence of clandestine drug lab byproducts.
An active methamphetamine lab was dismantled in the 8000 block of Center Drive in Valley Springs. A second site in the 2000 block of Golf Road in Turlock contained all equipment necessary to operate as a lab but was stopped before production. A third location in the 900 block of Reno Avenue in Modesto was used by the Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) to store and distribute illicit narcotics. The DTO was manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine throughout Northern California.
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