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.
COPS Office report summarizes creative ways LE agencies are deploying community policing principles
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The man ran to the police station, stripped off his clothes and complained his head hurt
With drugs like bath salts, spice, flakka, mephedrone and others, the landscape of drug use is becoming more and more cluttered
City of Gardena paid $4.7 million to settle a lawsuit with the family of the dead man
Officials claim injuries man sustained were accidental
It became clear to authorities that Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s escape must have involved inside help on a grand scale
In a scheme befitting a caper movie, Mexico’s most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, escaped from a maximum security prison through a 1.5-kilometer (1 mile) tunnel
Dogs are being deployed to departments nationwide
Lets police issue $100 civil citations or community service hours for possession of up to 20 grams of marijuana
The bill emphasizes treatment and redemption over punishment and incarceration for low-level drug offenders
After his city suffered 47 overdose deaths in an 18-month period, Lt. Patrick Glynn began to think seriously about the role of cops in treating OD victims
The legalization of recreational marijuana on July 1 makes the state the fourth to do so
Two men were arrested with hundreds of doses of LSD, hallucinogenic mushrooms and the drug known as bath salts
California inmates are dying of drug overdoses at nearly triple the national rate
Opponents expressed concerns that the legislation sends the wrong message to children
The criminal organization ran a vast drug empire that stoked New England’s heroin epidemic
A failed good Samaritan gesture landed him back behind bars
Police have tried to cut down on the supply of illegal drugs with at least 406 drug-related arrests this year
May become the first in the state to treat marijuana possession as a non-criminal act
Officer can be seen eating what appears to be a pot-laced edible
Coast Guard sent over a patrol boat to look for the man and the skiff but he has not been found
Effort is aimed at gauging the effects of the drug’s legalization in the state
Authorities say a South Florida woman who called 911 to report that she was getting stiffed in a drug deal ended up reporting on herself
Police embracing this approach end more situations without violence place fewer people in the local jails
Mafia ordered the death of officer last year after they found out through Facebook that the man who was dealing drugs for them was also a cop
Madison Police Department issued a summary of its finding that officer did not violate its deadly force policies
Unique policy was launched Monday in the Massachusetts city of Gloucester
Shot twice, the officer was rushed to the hospital in stable condition
All the dead were suspected criminals except for one federal police officer, who was killed trying to help a wounded colleague
DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office says it received a call from OnStar that the service had the location of a stolen vehicle
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