Two Round Lake residents are facing multiple years in prison for allegedly receiving dangerous drugs including fentanyl from a drug cartel through the mail and then trying to sell them, authorities said. Mykal Wade, 35, and Akeem Shofidaya, 39, of Round Lake, are facing four class X felony charges of possession of a combination of drugs […]
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18 years in prison for man found holding $500K of cocaine for cartel in Lake in the Hills warehouse
A judge has sentenced a man to 18 years in prison after he was found guilty of possessing over $500,000 in cocaine that was shipped to a Lake in the Hills warehouse by a Mexican drug cartel. Juan C. Sanchez-Cacho, 44, of the 2300 block of Arrow Street in Carpentersville, was charged with manufacturing and […]
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Man found guilty of possessing $500K of cocaine for cartel in Lake in the Hills warehouse
A second man has been found guilty of possessing over $500,000 in cocaine that was shipped to a Lake in the Hills warehouse by a Mexican drug cartel, prosecutors said. Juan C. Sanchez-Cacho, 44, of the 2300 block of Arrow Street in Carpentersville, was charged with manufacturing and delivering 900+ grams of cocaine and possession […]
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Additional $500,000 worth of marijuana found in drug cartel-linked investigation in Lake County
Police have seized an additional $500,000 worth of marijuana on Monday from the ongoing investigation into the drug cartel-linked drug ring that had already turned up $3 million of marijuana. The Round Lake Park Police Department, the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System Emergency Services Team, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office conducted a raid of […]
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UPDATE: Drug cartel linked to 600-pound marijuana bust in Round Lake Park
Round Lake Park police have recovered $3 million worth of marijuana in a drug bust that they say is linked to a Mexican drug cartel. On Saturday October 7 at around 4:15 p.m., Jose Avila-Zumadio, 32, of Guadalajara, Mexico, was stopped by Round Lake Park police for a traffic violation in the area of Route […]