Riverside County Deputy’s Fentanyl Arrest Linked to Sinaloa Cartel

Published on April 30, 2024

When a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy was arrested in September with 104 pounds of fentanyl in his private car, authorities did not reveal what led them to him. An April 25 news release by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration connected the dots, according to The Press-Enterprise, a Southern California newspaper. The statement announced the arrests of 15 people in a months-long investigation called Operation Hotline Bling, along with the seizure of meth, fentanyl, cocaine, and firearms. It also referred to “a corrupt Riverside County correctional deputy “in possession of 104 pounds of fentanyl pills.” A Riverside police spokesman told The Press-Enterprise that the deputy was the one arrested in September: Jorge Oceguera-Rocha....

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