Drug Interdiction / Narcotics
The Drug Interdiction / Narcotics topic covers all aspects of drug enforcement, from highway or border interdiction to undercover infiltration into gangs or drug cartels. From marijuana and cocaine to prescription pills and heroin, this topic covers it all.
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The interdictions of this dynamic duo to date include 153 pounds of cocaine, 122 pounds of heroin and an astounding 943 pounds of fentanyl
The 5-year-old Belgian Malinois named Jake suddenly became ill on July 18 after he came into contact with a drug known as flakka during a prison contraband sweep
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State Police said the dangerous drug may have played a role in three overdoses last week
The evidence showed that under El Chapo’s orders, the Sinaloa cartel was responsible for smuggling mountains of cocaine and other drugs into the US during his 25-year reign
Police arrested a man after he allegedly tried to flush a dozen grams of drugs down his toilet, something they jokingly said could create “meth-gators”
Called “a self-propelled semi-submersible,” the vessel was stopped in international waters on June 18, 2019
Model pretrial jail programs provide withdrawal management and medication-assisted treatment for jail detainees
Oakland recently became the second city in the United States to decriminalize the consumption and ingestion of psilocybin mushrooms
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Police organizations are concerned about enforcing driving under the influence laws and argue technology for testing marijuana impairment needs more development
Six crew members have been charged with conspiracy to possess cocaine aboard a ship
The seizure is being described as one of the largest drug busts in U.S. history
Being able to test for drugs at the scene of an arrest allows officers to protect themselves and spot the guilty while saving time and money on lab tests
Denver voters approved a similar measure for people 21 and older last month
Gov. Pritzker says the legislation plan to legalize marijuana can help with freeing police to enforce more serious crimes
If a person commits a low-level crime to support an opiate addiction, they can avoid arrest if they are willing to enter a treatment program
Police arrested 50 people and seized drugs and guns during an investigation driven by heroin-related deaths
Police have completed their investigation into a drug raid in January in which five officers were wounded and two people killed
The officer held his breath and pulled the suspect and other LEOs in the room outside for fresh air, which probably saved lives
Two LEOs and a K-9 were given Narcan after being exposed to what was believed to be fentanyl while searching a vehicle
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Erectile dysfunction drugs accounted for the largest proportion of seized drugs last year
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Since hemp’s legalization, some truckers with interstate shipments have been stopped and sometimes arrested
A pending proposal to legalize recreational marijuana led police to stop training K-9s to detect the odor of cannabis
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A Vermont trooper had to be revived by fellow troopers after he was exposed to an opioid-like drug
The drugs were wrapped in over 60 packages in a shipping container
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