August 2025

Colorado Bureau of Investigation

Authorities seize over 1,400 fentanyl pills, meth, firearms, more, from La Junta house

On Aug. 30, the Colorado Bureau of Investigations, CBI, announced that they had, alongside the La Junta Police Department, discovered around 143 grams of fentanyl, about 1,430 pills, following a search warrant at a La Junta house on Aug. 29, after receiving intelligence and leads linking the residence to criminal activity.  

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TDS1 superintendent says registration numbers up from last year, updates school board on Miner stadium renovation, receives feedback for 10-lane track  

The Trinidad School District No. 1 held its board meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 27, during which superintendent Olivia Bachicha provided an update to the district’s funding efforts for the Minor track field renovation and claimed that registration numbers have gone up since the previous school year.  

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Alleged trafficker traveling I-25 busted by TPD K-9 officer, who discovers over 24 pounds of cocaine hidden behind ‘access door’ of vehicle  

Adrian Arballo-Conteras, 31, of Chihuahua, Mexico, was arrested Monday, Aug. 18, following a Trinidad Police Department K-9 officer reportedly discovering 9 rectangular packages of suspected cocaine, equaling to around 24 pounds hidden inside Arballo-Conteras’s vehicle.  

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