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.
Collaborating with healthcare providers while getting tough on drug dealers is helping save lives in Seminole County, Florida
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Court concludes a combination of factors led officers to believe a suspect and a driver were in a “common enterprise” to possess fentanyl
Suspects in the DEA’s “Operation Pilluted” include doctors and pharmacists
Thousands of defendants convicted of drug crimes after a chemist in a state lab tampered with evidence can’t be charged with more serious crimes or given harsher sentences if granted a new trial
Federal jury has cleared six former officers in a corruption case that prompted scores of convictions to be overturned
Ran towards police nude and covered in blood; she is suspected to have taken the hallucinatory street drug
If you want to become one of the best dope cops in your agency, listen up
Federal prosecutors say the 51-year-old Florida native was running the largest illicit drug operation in the history of east Tennessee: a string of pill mills that raked in $17.5 million in four years
“Although the Mason County deputy advised Mason County radio dispatch that the spike strips had been deployed, the (deputy and the trooper) were unaware of this action”
Veteran investigator died Tuesday, having become ill while taking part in a federal drug investigation
Cynthia Rodriguez says she was eating the bar when a small, green bag emblazoned with dollar signs fell out
Sixty-year-old Donna McLeod entered not guilty plea Tuesday on trafficking cocaine charge
Man allegedly high on meth jumped on top of a moving car and rode on it until police took him into custody
Recent news from Florida has shed light on a new drug called Flakka, and its use is not isolated to the sunshine state
Also known as gravel and readily available for $5 or less a vial, it’s a growing problem for police after bursting on the scene in 2013
Biomedical engineering graduate students hope to market their roadside testing device to states where marijuana use has been legalized
The trooper found the driver unresponsive after pulling him over on the highway
The defense began its case Friday by questioning FBI agents about the evolving story told by star government witness Jeffrey Walker
Bicycle officer was shot Thursday night by a drug suspect who told him “I don’t want to have to do this,” before firing at him
Documents shed new light on Antonio Zambrano-Montes’ run-ins with police and his erratic, sometimes dangerous behavior
Has faced mounting pressure from Congress, where some questioned her competence in the wake of a scathing government watchdog report
Cook County will no longer prosecute most misdemeanor marijuana possession cases and will steer many nonviolent felony drug cases to treatment
Supreme Court said police may not extend a traffic stop to seek evidence of crimes unrelated to the offense that prompted initial stop
The man ran naked through a neighborhood, ripped TASER probes from his skin, and punched a cop during his arrest
“We’d prefer not to be buzzkills this 4/20 weekend. Consume responsibly, and designate a sober driver now”
The revised campaign starts this weekend, when tens of thousands are expected at public rallies and concerts in observation of 4/20
Witnesses said the officers acted professionally in taking down the man Thursday night as he cursed at police
An advisory council would include police, health officials, social services providers and former drug users
‘Flakka’ has been involved in a number of recent incidents in the state
City Council is scheduled on Wednesday to decide whether to approve a settlement of $5M to suspect’s family
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