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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A collection of highlights from Police1 and LSU’s expansive survey
Police1 and Louisiana State University (LSU) asked officers from across the country to share their opinions
Barney, a black Labrador mix, suffered seizures and his body temperature shot up to 109 degrees after he came into contact with the drugs
The police took marijuana and impounded a Dodge Dakota and a Jeep Liberty on Friday
According to Troy Gielish, an instructor for the California Narcotics Officers Association, “Molly” can be any number of 100 different chemicals
One law enforcement group called it America’s most dangerous park for two years straight after drug smugglers gunned down a ranger
State police say a Wal-Mart employee alerted police after seeing a man he described as suspicious enter the restroom
Police texted the man, who appeared at the victim’s home a short time later with heroine and cocaine
Husband-and-wife meth users disarmed an officer and a sheriff’s deputy then forced them to their knees before the husband was killed in a struggle
Four officers grappled with the suspect while he kicked and spit before they were able to get him into a cruiser
Some of the pot bales that suspects tossed out of an SUV during a high-speed pursuit got picked up by passing vehicles
Robert D. Collins was charged with two misdemeanor counts alleging improper use of the 911 system and possession of drug paraphernalia
The sheriffs from Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska say that Colorado’s 2012 marijuana legalization vote violates federal law
Mexican police and soldiers on Wednesday arrested the man widely considered to be the most important leader of the Zetas drug cartel
Officers found the plastic sour cream container during a search of his car, and the driver acknowledged that the pot belonged to him
Gomez and his accomplices were arrested without a shot fired, after a months-long intelligence stakeout
Proposition 47 downgraded drug possession and minor thefts to misdemeanors
Defied threats from Congress and moved forward Thursday with legalizing possession of marijuana after a voter-approved initiative
It will soon be legal to grow small amounts of marijuana at home and smoke it on private property in the nation’s capital
Anchorage police officers are ready to start handing out $100 fines to make sure taking a toke remains something to be done behind closed doors
Postcards were laced with a hallucinogenic drug that has similar effects as LSD
Brian Fritze died Tuesday following a pursuit after he was accused of beating an unidentified woman
Trooper was shot in the foot Thursday by another trooper who fired at an attacking dog
Police chief believes officers were fired because they messed with the son of a councilwoman
Officer found the valuable prints last week during a protective sweep of the condemned apartment right before city official were to board up the property
Prosecutors will appeal a judge’s ruling that they cannot use a coerced confession man gave to police while high on heroin
The officer declined the sale and called on-duty police officers from his vehicle
Many ham operators can locate a grow simply by taking a radio and portable antennae out into their neighborhood and using the radio to triangulate the exact location of the grow
30-year-old Renea Lucero was arrested last week when she called the detective at his department-issued cellphone and made the officer an unexpected offer
Police released video of the 2012 traffic stop shooting of an officer after the gunman received a 40-year prison sentence Thursday
Sentenced Friday to six months in jail for pointing a rifle at a sheriff’s deputy he mistook for a drug smuggler
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