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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Assessing the totality of the circumstances, a court holds the plain view exception applied and the officers’ search of a vehicle was lawful
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A task force of five detectives will operate out of the homicide unit, responding when possible to fatal and nonfatal overdoses
The driver attempted to mask the smell with bags of manure
Police Commissioner Timothy Sini said the police department is making targeted street arrests, continuing to cooperate with federal authorities and increasing patrols
What each form of fentanyl means for the user and first responder.
Police Chief Mike McNeely says it’s among the most bizarre things he’s heard in four decades of policing
Lamar Reed was in court for a minor traffic violation
The proposal was discussed at the final hearing of a special legislative committee that was set up to review the marijuana law voters approved in November
Police Chief Donald Molineux says the pastor is “very upset and traumatized” and afraid someone might come to her home looking for the drugs
The Wyoming PD posted a photo to Twitter of an officer setting a “trap” for unsuspecting potheads
The new rule bars the hiring of any prospective officers who have smoked marijuana in the past three years
Officer Iroh was deputized as an April Fools joke, but continues to help the Avondale officers with different tasks
Sheriff Peyton Grinnell is considering other topics — fraud, cyber crime and general public announcements — as a follow up to the controversial video
Last week, Sessions called on federal prosecutors to be more aggressive about filing felony charges against people who cross the border illegally
As the deputy drove away from a surveillance op, the suspect followed, pulled up alongside the deputy’s unmarked car and opened fire
It’s the first time in the state, since the opioid crisis began, that a drug dealer was convicted of murder for selling drugs that killed someone
The sheriff told dealers to “enjoy looking over your shoulder and constantly wondering if today is the day we will come for you”
New Mexico became the first state to require all local and state law enforcement agencies to provide officers with antidote kits
Law enforcement officials objected to the governor’s proposed streamlining of the state’s marijuana regulations, saying his plan could endanger public safety
Authorities said 226 heroin capsules tested positive for fentanyl
22-year-old Robert Martin of Staunton pleaded guilty Wednesday to malicious injury to a law enforcement officer and drug charges
If it were not for the man’s trafficking in guns and drugs, the killing “possibly would not have happened,’' an attorney told the court
A chief said the high call volume of heroin overdoses is taking up the majority of responders’ time
The training teaches police how to gather evidence such as cell phone records that could be traced back to the dealer and how to safely handle fentanyl
Cameron Ajax Jones threw a bag of drugs into the woods and fled
Police arrested Elijah Manuel in 2011 and falsely claimed he was in possession of the illegal drug known as ecstasy
The officer was hospitalized in stable condition
Don Talbert stopped his pickup truck Saturday next to a detective sitting in an unmarked car and screamed that he should leave the neighborhood
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Police Chief Ken Pate said officers have “stopped using field tests for heroin stamp bags because we don’t know what really is in it”
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