Cameron Ata gave 73 grams of mushrooms to an undercover Temple Terrace police officer in exchange for 40 Ecstasy pills, police say. ...more

November 13, 2008

Hillsborough County deputies seized more than 160 grams of cocaine following three meetings with a Tampa man. Deputies arrested three people Monday afternoon they say were involved in cocaine dealing: Francisco Javier Rodriguez-Arana, 28, of Tampa; Irving Betancourt, 21, of Tampa; and Enid Jimenez, 30, of Brandon. ...more

November 11, 2008

A Temple Terrace woman filled several prescriptions for Oxycodone and a muscle relaxer by not telling doctors that she had received prior prescriptions for the drugs, Temple Terrace police say. Police arrested Vanessa Kunkle, 31, of Dade City, at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

A crate sent from Arizona to Suraj V. Gonga's home in Riverview was filled with about 200 pounds of marijuana, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

November 5, 2008

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper conducting a traffic stop on U.S. 19 near Luna Vista Drive stumbled on more than just a speeder early this morning. When Trooper Mike Hollis approached the 1998 Lexus driven by William Napolitano, 49, at 2 a.m., he noticed what appeared to be a small bag of cocaine on the front seat of the car, according to a report. Searching further, Hollis discovered a total of 31 grams of cocaine, 2 grams of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, including glass smoking pipes and butane torches, and $13,000, the report states. Initially, Napolitano was pulled over for driving 61 in 45 mph zone. ...more

October 31, 2008

Lothario Overstreet met with an undercover detective this afternoon to buy $42,000 in cocaine, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies say. ...more

October 24, 2008

Pasco County deputies and detectives, aided by a drug-sniffing dog, found 85 pounds of marijuana in a car that was stopped because of an improperly attached license plate, the sheriff's office reported today. The driver, Jose-Juan Carlos Castro-Ramirez, 29, of Lacoochee, was arrested on a charge of trafficking marijuana. He is being held in the Land O' Lakes Jail with bail set at $50,000. Castro-Ramirez was driving a 1997 Saturn near Old Lakeland Highway and Stewart Road south of Dade City when he was pulled over at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday by the sheriff's office's Street Tactical Operations and Patrol, a report said. ...more

October 23, 2008

Deputies searching a Keysville man's home Tuesday afternoon found 146 marijuana plants. Three rooms at Pedro Fuentes' home, 2015 Nichols Road, had been converted to grow marijuana, Hillsborough County deputies say. Along with the plants, deputies found 60 grow lights and drug paraphernalia. ...more

October 15, 2008

Three Bradenton men drove a pickup into Ruskin with more than 400 grams of cocaine Saturday night, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

October 13, 2008

A Plant City man grew 77 marijuana plants and stole $30,000 in electricity, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. ...more

October 8, 2008