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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Police estimated the street value of the drugs is nearly $45,900
Those conducting illegal activity on the Darknet are often technologically savvy individuals who are on the lookout for officers
Sodium percarbonate is an ingredient in the product, which has been shown to break down fentanyl
The dangers of fentanyl exposure have forced police agencies to reconsider their procedures for field testing and investigation of unknown substances
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The initiative aims to create robust alternative-to-arrest diversion programs
The Mason County police chief hopes citations could be used to help addicts
Police in Massachusetts are testing a new database they hope will help departments share information in real time and get people into treatment
Police say the nurses at Massillon’s Affinity Medical Center lost consciousness while cleaning a room where an overdose victim had been treated
The union has lost faith in city leaders as LEOs wrestle with a spiking homicide rate, a record number of fatal ODs and large numbers of guns on the street
A drug commission recently called on Trump to declare a national emergency to help deal with the growing crisis
State police are focusing on detecting motorists under the influence of THC
During the raids, Pittsburgh SWAT officers were exposed to a chemical that became airborne, making the officers dizzy and causing numbness
Officials said the drugs contained enough potency to kill half the population of New York City
The president did not announce any new policy, but vowed to work with health professionals and law enforcement on the crisis
The U.S. Treasury Department says it has never produced a $1 million bill
The arrests were a part of an investigation into what Australian police say were two interlinked crime syndicates operating across the three countries
Through AmeriCorps, P.A.A.R.I. will place 20 part-time recovery coaches and five full-time program coordinators with police departments in Massachusetts
“People have sympathy for people who use heroin but that sympathy ends when you’re doing it in front of your children”
A total of 130 sheriffs’ offices and police departments will receive a portion of the money
The DOJ told the cities that they will be ineligible for a new program that aims to root out drug trafficking and gang crime unless they work with ICE
The DOJ will dispatch 12 federal prosecutors to cities ravaged by addiction who will focus exclusively on investigating health care fraud and opioid scams
A man jumped the pharmacy counter, pointed the gun at people and demanded oxycodone from the pharmacist
Between 1999 and 2015, more than 560,000 people in the United States died due to drug overdoses, a death toll larger than the population of Atlanta
Police say the boy told an employee that his father had been inside the bathroom for a long time
How law enforcement agencies are adopting cloud-based or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) software solutions as part of the fight against crime
The move is part of a multifaceted approach to combatting the nation’s opioid epidemic
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Sheriff William King says Sgt. David Chauvette administered naloxone and the dog “seemed to perk up”
All citizens have to do is bring a full trash bag to the business and they’ll receive a bag of marijuana free of charge
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